From 0ad1928df6aced1d08a587c8291d0117fb593ab0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henric Andersson <ha@sensenet.nu>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 08:47:25 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add helpful info when install fails

---
 plexupdate.sh | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plexupdate.sh b/plexupdate.sh
index 2ffeeb6..379041b 100755
--- a/plexupdate.sh
+++ b/plexupdate.sh
@@ -653,9 +653,12 @@ if [ "${AUTOINSTALL}" = "yes" ]; then
 	if ! hash ldconfig 2>/dev/null && [ "${DISTRO}" = "ubuntu" ]; then
 		export PATH=$PATH:/sbin
 	fi
-	# no elif since DISTRO_INSTALL will produce error output for us
 
 	${DISTRO_INSTALL} "${DOWNLOADDIR}/${FILENAME}"
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		# Clarify why this failed, so user won't be left in the dark
+		error "Was unable to install due to problems with package from plex.tv or your local linux setup"
+	fi
 fi
 
 if [ "${AUTODELETE}" = "yes" ]; then