From 2e0374057278c68b675c24bbdbb13f541f69a359 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kurt Kremitzki <kurt@kwk.systems>
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 00:05:06 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fix Start WB behavior for missing examples dir in Debian
 package

---
 src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py
index cd919e8725..2c3ae918a4 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py
@@ -332,9 +332,12 @@ def handle():
     if FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/Start").GetBool("ShowExamples",True):
         SECTION_EXAMPLES = encode("<h2>"+TranslationTexts.T_EXAMPLES+"</h2>")
         SECTION_EXAMPLES += "<ul>"
-        for basename in os.listdir(FreeCAD.getResourceDir()+"examples"):
-            filename = FreeCAD.getResourceDir()+"examples"+os.sep+basename
-            SECTION_EXAMPLES += encode(buildCard(filename,method="LoadExample.py?filename="))
+        examples_path = FreeCAD.getResourceDir()+"examples"
+        if os.path.exists(examples_path):
+            examples = os.listdir(examples_path)
+            for basename in examples:
+                filename = FreeCAD.getResourceDir()+"examples"+os.sep+basename
+                SECTION_EXAMPLES += encode(buildCard(filename,method="LoadExample.py?filename="))
         SECTION_EXAMPLES += "</ul>"
     HTML = HTML.replace("SECTION_EXAMPLES",SECTION_EXAMPLES)