diff --git a/common.sh b/common.sh
index 7fe2f1b..56434b2 100755
--- a/common.sh
+++ b/common.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,26 @@ else
   NVIM_OS="linux"
 fi
 
+NVIM_REQUIRED_BINARIES=(
+  cmake
+  curl
+  fz
+  g++
+  gcc
+  git
+  make
+  node
+  npm
+  rg
+  rsync
+  sed
+  shfmt
+  tar
+  unzip
+  wget
+  zip
+)
+
 function create_link() {
   local cur
   local res
@@ -55,6 +75,16 @@ function error_exit() {
   exit 1
 }
 
+function check_binary() {
+  if command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    error_exit "failed to find required binary: $1"
+  fi
+}
+
+for BINARY in "${NVIM_REQUIRED_BINARIES[@]}"; do
+  check_binary "$BINARY"
+done
+
 pushd "${SCRIPT_DIR}" 1>/dev/null 2>&1 || error_exit "failed to push: ${SCRIPT_DIR}"
 FNAME=cpptools-${NVIM_OS}-${NVIM_ARCH2}.vsix
 if [ ! -f "dap/${FNAME}" ]; then
@@ -93,5 +123,6 @@ popd 1>/dev/null 2>&1 || error_exit "failed to popd: ${SCRIPT_DIR}"
 export NVIM_ARCH
 export NVIM_ARCH2
 export NVIM_CPPTOOLS_VERSION
-export NVIM_VERSION
 export NVIM_OS
+export NVIM_REQUIRED_BINARIES
+export NVIM_VERSION