From 5e583573d5e11153ce0c42d87e7aacdbf203ebe5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Sweeting <git@nicksweeting.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 12:50:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] pretty warning when missing distutils

---
 archivebox/index.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/archivebox/index.py b/archivebox/index.py
index 9126919c..5348ab3d 100644
--- a/archivebox/index.py
+++ b/archivebox/index.py
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ import json
 
 from datetime import datetime
 from string import Template
-from distutils.dir_util import copy_tree
+try:
+    from distutils.dir_util import copy_tree
+except ImportError:
+    print('[X] Missing "distutils" python package. To install it, run:')
+    print('    pip install distutils')
 
 from config import (
     OUTPUT_DIR,