[setup.py] create target directory if needed

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8392c24..fe22238 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -175,6 +175,10 @@ def install_target(target, quiet):
 
                 if not quiet:
                     print("Installing", instruction[0], "to", instruction[1])
+
+                # make sure the target directory exists
+                os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(instruction[1]), exist_ok=True)
+
                 try:
                     os.symlink(cwd + "/" + instruction[0], instruction[1])
                 except Exception as e: