#4 --prefix fails to use solely under the prefix

[Michael P. Soulier]

If I try as a normal user to install this package in my
home directory on Linux, as an unpriviledged user, it
should work. Unfortunately, it does not.

creating /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/Pynfo
error: could not create
'/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/Pynfo': Permission denied

--prefix $HOME should put everything under $HOME.
Otherwise, what's the point of the prefix?