Is it possible to install vim for a user? [duplicate]

I have a SSH Login to a dev computer (used for hosting PHP and Python files). It has vim installed, but a stripped down version of it - it has syntax and whole lot of other stuff disabled .

So, my question is - can I install my own "local" vim without a superuser account?

1. Download Vim
2. Change the prefix:
   2. When compiling, use the option --prefix=/home/myaccount (or whatever you want), or
   3. Edit the prefix option in src/makefile to something like /home/myaccount or just $(HOME) (thanks Heptite!)
3. When you run make install, it will install the files using the prefix you specified (e.g. binaries will be installed to /home/myaccount/bin)
4. Change your prefix to include /home/myaccount/bin in .bash_profile or .profile.
5. Success!!

Maybe copying a binary to the server and chmoding it to executable?

Perhaps you should contect your sysadmin or host to see if they can enable these features for you.