From 265ad4512dfa6f8be1cb0f28abfb4b9d3ffbf4d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 13:18:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add sanity check on plumed pre-installed path location

---
 lib/plumed/Install.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/plumed/Install.py b/lib/plumed/Install.py
index 70296b35d3..2ae5aadd03 100644
--- a/lib/plumed/Install.py
+++ b/lib/plumed/Install.py
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ if pathflag:
     if not os.path.isdir(plumedpath):
       sys.exit("Plumed2 path %s does not exist" % plumedpath)
     homedir = fullpath(plumedpath)
+    if not os.path.isdir(os.path.join(homedir, 'include', 'plumed', 'core')):
+      sys.exit("No Plumed2 installation found at %s" % plumedpath)
 
 # download and unpack plumed2 tarball