diff --git a/bash/decoders/dump1090-mutability.sh b/bash/decoders/dump1090-mutability.sh
index 1df86f4..540d253 100644
--- a/bash/decoders/dump1090-mutability.sh
+++ b/bash/decoders/dump1090-mutability.sh
@@ -115,6 +115,18 @@ echo -e "\033[37m"
 cd $BUILDDIR
 sudo dpkg -i dump1090-mutability_1.15~dev_*.deb
 
+## CHECK THAT THE PACKAGE INSTALLED
+
+if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' dump1090-mutability 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "\033[31m"
+    echo "The dump1090-mutability package did not install properly!"
+    echo -e "\033[33m"
+    echo "This script has exited due to the error encountered."
+    echo "Please read over the above output in order to determine what went wrong."
+    echo ""
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 ## START DUMP1090-MUTABILITY
 
 echo -e "\033[33m"
diff --git a/bash/feeders/piaware.sh b/bash/feeders/piaware.sh
index 1028480..38dc313 100644
--- a/bash/feeders/piaware.sh
+++ b/bash/feeders/piaware.sh
@@ -131,6 +131,18 @@ echo "Installing the PiAware package..."
 echo -e "\033[37m"
 sudo dpkg -i $BUILDDIR/piaware_builder/piaware_2.1-3_*.deb
 
+## CHECK THAT THE PACKAGE INSTALLED
+
+if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' piaware 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "\033[31m"
+    echo "The piaware package did not install properly!"
+    echo -e "\033[33m"
+    echo "This script has exited due to the error encountered."
+    echo "Please read over the above output in order to determine what went wrong."
+    echo ""
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 ## CONFIGURE FLIGHTAWARE
 
 echo -e "\033[33m"
@@ -140,7 +152,6 @@ echo -e "\033[37m"
 read -p "Your FlightAware Login: " FALOGIN
 sudo piaware-config -user $FALOGIN -password
 
-
 echo -e "\033[33m"
 echo "PiAware now sends MLAT results to port 30104 by default. This change is to try to avoid accidentally"
 echo "feeding MLAT results to a Dump 1090 that is not MLAT-aware and may forward the results on unexpectedly."
diff --git a/bash/feeders/planefinder.sh b/bash/feeders/planefinder.sh
index ffadafe..c9d05b2 100644
--- a/bash/feeders/planefinder.sh
+++ b/bash/feeders/planefinder.sh
@@ -131,6 +131,18 @@ else
     fi
 fi
 
+## CHECK THAT THE PACKAGE INSTALLED
+
+if [ $(dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' pfclient 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed") -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "\033[31m"
+    echo "The piaware package did not install properly!"
+    echo -e "\033[33m"
+    echo "This script has exited due to the error encountered."
+    echo "Please read over the above output in order to determine what went wrong."
+    echo ""
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 ## DISPLAY FINAL SETUP INSTRUCTIONS WHICH CONNOT BE HANDLED BY THIS SCRIPT
 
 echo -e "\033[31m"