diff --git a/check_deps.sh b/check_deps.sh
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index 0000000..9051415
--- /dev/null
+++ b/check_deps.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#/bin/sh
+
+check_bin_in_path() {
+	if [ -z $(which $1 2>/dev/null) ]; then
+		MISSING="${MISSING} $1"
+	fi
+}
+
+check_bin_in_path eix-sync
+check_bin_in_path emerge
+check_bin_in_path grep
+check_bin_in_path cat
+check_bin_in_path restart-services
+check_bin_in_path sendmail
+
+printf "You’r missing this:${MISSING}\n"