From ee05e18a9a51bab6933a6af3f38817ee98d15c6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcos Pinto <markybob@dipconsultants.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:26:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] show easy to understand error message on twisted importerror
 for the not so bright #796

---
 deluge/core/core.py      | 13 ++++++++-----
 deluge/ui/gtkui/gtkui.py |  7 +++++--
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/deluge/core/core.py b/deluge/core/core.py
index 0f5bcaa18..b4d6d9435 100644
--- a/deluge/core/core.py
+++ b/deluge/core/core.py
@@ -30,9 +30,14 @@ import threading
 import pkg_resources
 import base64
 
-from twisted.internet import reactor
-from twisted.internet.task import LoopingCall
-import twisted.web.client
+from deluge.log import LOG as log
+
+try:
+    from twisted.internet import reactor
+    from twisted.internet.task import LoopingCall
+    import twisted.web.client
+except ImportError:
+    log.error("You must install python-twisted")
 
 try:
     import deluge.libtorrent as lt
@@ -54,8 +59,6 @@ from deluge.core.autoadd import AutoAdd
 from deluge.core.authmanager import AuthManager
 from deluge.core.rpcserver import export
 
-from deluge.log import LOG as log
-
 STATUS_KEYS = ['active_time', 'compact', 'distributed_copies', 'download_payload_rate', 'eta',
     'file_priorities', 'file_progress', 'files', 'hash', 'is_auto_managed', 'is_seed', 'max_connections',
     'max_download_speed', 'max_upload_slots', 'max_upload_speed', 'message', 'move_on_completed',
diff --git a/deluge/ui/gtkui/gtkui.py b/deluge/ui/gtkui/gtkui.py
index 0aa4a56f8..7bf7abc6b 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/gtkui/gtkui.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/gtkui/gtkui.py
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@
 from deluge.log import LOG as log
 
 # Install the twisted reactor
-from twisted.internet import gtk2reactor
-reactor = gtk2reactor.install()
+try:
+    from twisted.internet import gtk2reactor
+    reactor = gtk2reactor.install()
+except ImportError:
+    log.error("You must install python-twisted")
 
 import gobject
 import gettext