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hexabyte_extended_info's Issues

Suggestion: catch lack of `libmagic`

Having installed this via pipx, on first run I got the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/davep/.local/bin/hexabyte", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
             ^^^^^^
  File "/Users/davep/.local/pipx/venvs/hexabyte/lib/python3.11/site-packages/hexabyte/__main__.py", line 43, in main
    load_plugins()
  File "/Users/davep/.local/pipx/venvs/hexabyte/lib/python3.11/site-packages/hexabyte/plugins/_loader.py", line 30, in load_plugins
    spec.loader.exec_module(module)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 940, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/Users/davep/.local/pipx/venvs/hexabyte/lib/python3.11/site-packages/hexabyte/plugins/info/__init__.py", line 4, in <module>
    from .widgets.info_panel import InfoPanel
  File "/Users/davep/.local/pipx/venvs/hexabyte/lib/python3.11/site-packages/hexabyte/plugins/info/__init__.py", line 4, in <module>
    from .widgets.info_panel import InfoPanel
  File "/Users/davep/.local/pipx/venvs/hexabyte/lib/python3.11/site-packages/hexabyte/plugins/info/widgets/info_panel.py", line 7, in <module>
    import magic
  File "/Users/davep/.local/pipx/venvs/hexabyte/lib/python3.11/site-packages/magic/__init__.py", line 209, in <module>
    libmagic = loader.load_lib()
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/davep/.local/pipx/venvs/hexabyte/lib/python3.11/site-packages/magic/loader.py", line 49, in load_lib
    raise ImportError('failed to find libmagic.  Check your installation')
ImportError: failed to find libmagic.  Check your installation

Quick check suggested that (here on macOS) all I needed was to brew install magic and, sure enough, that got it all working.

As a suggestion, because there's a third-party dependancy you're not responsible for there, perhaps catch that ImportError and suggest a resolution?

Nice app though!

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