diff --git a/deps/arena-sdk/CMakeLists.txt b/deps/arena-sdk/CMakeLists.txt
index 4ca5cb27..9fbbef47 100644
--- a/deps/arena-sdk/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/deps/arena-sdk/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,22 @@
 if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     set(ARENA_SDK_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/_deps/arena-sdk")
+    set(INSTALL_SCRIPT "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/deps/arena-sdk/install-arena.sh")
+
+    # run install script with output directory as argument
     execute_process(
-        COMMAND "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/deps/arena-sdk/install-arena.sh" ${ARENA_SDK_DIR} 
+        COMMAND sh ${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${ARENA_SDK_DIR} 
+        RESULT_VARIABLE ret
     )
+    if(ret EQUAL "0")
+        # Add a preprocessor macro that will enable us to compile
+        # functionality that depends on the Arena SDK.
+        target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE 
+            ARENA_SDK_INSTALLED
+        )
+    else()
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Unable to install Arena-SDK. ${INSTALL_SCRIPT} script exited with code ${ret}.")
+    endif()
+
     target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE 
         "${ARENA_SDK_DIR}/extracted/include/Arena"
         "${ARENA_SDK_DIR}/extracted/GenICam/library/CPP/include"
@@ -14,9 +28,4 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE
         ${ARENA_LIBS}
     )
-    # Add a preprocessor macro that will enable us to compile
-    # functionality that depends on the Arena SDK.
-    target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE 
-        ARENA_SDK_INSTALLED
-    )
 endif()
diff --git a/deps/arena-sdk/install-arena.sh b/deps/arena-sdk/install-arena.sh
index 21102a6c..e51bd130 100755
--- a/deps/arena-sdk/install-arena.sh
+++ b/deps/arena-sdk/install-arena.sh
@@ -31,17 +31,34 @@ else
         FILE_ID="1pQtheOK-f2N4C2CDi43HTqttGuxHKptg"
         ARENA_SDK_DIR="ArenaSDK_Linux_x64"
         ARENA_CONF="Arena_SDK_Linux_x64.conf"
+    else
+        echo "ERROR: Unable to install Arena-SDK. Unkown architecture $ARCH. Architecture must be aarch64 or x86_64."
+        exit 1
     fi;
 
-    if [ ! -f "$PKGS_DIR/$FILE_NAME" ]; then \
+    if [ ! -d "$PKGS_DIR/$ARENA_SDK_DIR" ]; then \
+        # Check that wget is installed
+        if ! command -v wget > /dev/null; then \
+            echo "ERROR: Unable to install Arena-SDK. wget is not installed. Install wget for your system and retry."
+            exit 1
+        fi;
+
+        # Check that tar is installed
+        if ! command -v tar > /dev/null; then \
+            echo "ERROR: Unable to install Arena-SDK. tar is not installed. Install tar for your system and retry."
+            exit 1
+        fi;
+    
         # This command is kinda crazy to bypass Google drive's virus scanning warning for large files https://medium.com/@acpanjan/download-google-drive-files-using-wget-3c2c025a8b99
         wget --load-cookies /tmp/cookies.txt "https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&confirm=$(wget --quiet --save-cookies /tmp/cookies.txt --keep-session-cookies --no-check-certificate "https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=$FILE_ID" -O- | sed -rn 's/.*confirm=([0-9A-Za-z_]+).*/\1\n/p')&id=$FILE_ID" -O "$PKGS_DIR/$FILE_NAME" && rm -rf /tmp/cookies.txt
         tar xf "$PKGS_DIR/$FILE_NAME" --directory="$PKGS_DIR"
     else \
-        echo "WARNING: Arena SDK is already installed. Will not download again."; \
+        echo "WARNING: Arena SDK is already installed at $PKGS_DIR/$ARENA_SDK_DIR. Will not download again."; \
     fi;
 
     # Symlink arch specific arena install to architecture agnostic directory.
     # Build system can point to this folder without knowing which architecture to use.
-    ln -sf "$ARENA_SDK_DIR" "$PKGS_DIR/extracted"
+    SYMLINKED_DIR="$PKGS_DIR/extracted"
+    echo "Symlinking $ARENA_SDK_DIR to $SYMLINKED_DIR"
+    ln -sf "$PKGS_DIR/$ARENA_SDK_DIR" "$SYMLINKED_DIR"
 fi;