def check_install():
    """
    Try to detect the two most common installation errors:

    1. Installing on macOS using a Homebrew version of Python
    2. Installing on Linux using Python 2 when GDB is linked with Python 3
    """
    if platform.system() == 'Darwin' and sys.executable != '/usr/bin/python':
        print("*" * 79)
        print(textwrap.fill(
            "WARNING: You are not using the version of Python included with "
            "macOS. If you intend to use Voltron with the LLDB included "
            "with Xcode, or GDB installed with Homebrew, it will not work "
            "unless it is installed using the system's default Python. If "
            "you intend to use Voltron with a debugger installed by some "
            "other method, it may be safe to ignore this warning. See the "
            "following documentation for more detailed installation "
            "instructions: "
            "https://github.com/snare/voltron/wiki/Installation", 79))
        print("*" * 79)
    elif platform.system() == 'Linux':
        try:
            output = check_output([
                "gdb", "-batch", "-q", "--nx", "-ex",
                "pi print(sys.version_info.major)"
            ]).decode("utf-8")
            gdb_python = int(output)

            if gdb_python != sys.version_info.major:
                print("*" * 79)
                print(textwrap.fill(
                    "WARNING: You are installing Voltron using Python {0}.x "
                    "and GDB is linked with Python {1}.x. GDB will not be "
                    "able to load Voltron. Please install using Python {1} "
                    "if you intend to use Voltron with the copy of GDB that "
                    "is installed. See the following documentation for more "
                    "detailed installation instructions: "
                    "https://github.com/snare/voltron/wiki/Installation"
                    .format(sys.version_info.major, gdb_python), 79))
                print("*" * 79)
        except:
            pass