Rakefile in veewee-0.0.2 vs Rakefile in veewee-0.1.0a

@@ -1,19 +1,49 @@
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'bundler'
 require 'bundler/setup'
 Bundler::GemHelper.install_tasks
 
+#We set this in the ENV file
+#ENV['GEM_PATH']=File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__),"gems")
+#ENV['GEM_HOME']=File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__),"gems")
+
+def check_environment
+  begin 
+    require 'vagrant'
+  rescue LoadError
+    puts "you need to install dependencies:"
+    puts "gem install vagrant"
+    exit
+  end
+  
+  begin 
+    require 'net/ssh'
+    require 'virtualbox'
+    require 'webrick'
+    require 'popen4'
+  rescue LoadError
+    puts "hmm you had vagrant installed but are missing the net-ssh or virtualbox gem"
+    puts "gem install virtualbox net-ssh POpen4"
+    exit
+  end
+end
+
+#See if all gems and so are installed
+check_environment
+
 #Setup some base variables to use
-veewee_dir= "."
+veewee_dir= File.dirname(__FILE__)
 definition_dir= File.expand_path(File.join(veewee_dir, "definitions"))
 lib_dir= File.expand_path(File.join(veewee_dir, "lib"))
 box_dir= File.expand_path(File.join(veewee_dir, "boxes"))
 template_dir=File.expand_path(File.join(veewee_dir, "templates"))
 vbox_dir=File.expand_path(File.join(veewee_dir, "tmp"))
 tmp_dir=File.expand_path(File.join(veewee_dir, "tmp"))
 iso_dir=File.expand_path(File.join(veewee_dir, "iso"))
 
+#needs to be moved to the config files to be allowed override
+ENV['VBOX_USER_HOME']=vbox_dir
 
 #Load Veewee::Session libraries
 Dir.glob(File.join(lib_dir, '**','*.rb')).each {|f| 
   require f  }