[Haskell-cafe] Win32: cabal install --prefix=$HOME --user ?

On win32 "cabal install --prefix=$HOME --user" fails: cabal install --prefix=$HOME --user Resolving dependencies... Configuring split-0.1.4... cabal: expected an absolute directory name for --prefix: $HOME cabal: Error: some packages failed to install: split-0.1.4 failed during the configure step. The exception was: ExitFailure 1 What is the right equivalent of "cabal install --prefix=$HOME --user" on Win32?