From 5122935caa87631138cf629caad7421221805476 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcude <tacude1@buffs.wtamu.edu>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2024 20:20:23 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] added checks for jq and ovftool

---
 vmware_to_proxmox.sh | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/vmware_to_proxmox.sh b/vmware_to_proxmox.sh
index 4896599..bb92324 100644
--- a/vmware_to_proxmox.sh
+++ b/vmware_to_proxmox.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@ get_input() {
     echo $input
 }
 
+# Check if ovftool is installed
+if ! ovftool --version &> /dev/null; then
+    echo "Error: ovftool is not installed or not found in PATH. Please install ovftool and try again."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check if jq is installed
+if ! jq --version &> /dev/null; then
+    echo "Error: jq is not installed or not found in PATH. Please install jq and try again."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 # User inputs
 echo "Enter the details for VM migration"
 ESXI_SERVER=$(get_input "Enter the ESXi server hostname/IP")