From f76efb0c97ee0e946629336fbd3246668cf97f2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pwt <1089749+pwt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2022 16:27:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add error message/details for failure to import 'lxml'

---
 soco/zonegroupstate.py | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/soco/zonegroupstate.py b/soco/zonegroupstate.py
index 3c2bf01af..1eebe06a9 100755
--- a/soco/zonegroupstate.py
+++ b/soco/zonegroupstate.py
@@ -61,9 +61,25 @@
 
 """
 import logging
+import sys
 import time
 
-from lxml import etree as LXML
+# pylint: disable=I1101
+try:
+    from lxml import etree as LXML
+
+except ImportError:
+    print(
+        """
+        SoCo Error: Import of dependency 'lxml' failed. Please install it.
+
+        Depending on your platform you may also need to install
+        system libraries 'libxml2' and 'libxslt'.
+
+        Please refer to: https://lxml.de/installation.html for more details.
+        """
+    )
+    sys.exit(1)
 
 from . import config
 from .groups import ZoneGroup