export VIMRUNTIME=/home/shwee/tmp/vim61/runtime
 하시면 될 듯...
 vim에서 :help syntax 해보니 다음과 같이 나오는군요.
 참고로 저는 윈도에서 씁니다.
 3. Syntax loading procedure				*syntax-loading*
 This explains the details that happen when the command ":syntax on" is issued.
When Vim initializes itself, it finds out where the runtime files are located.
This is used here as the variable |$VIMRUNTIME|.
 What ":syntax on" does:
     Source $VIMRUNTIME/syntax/syntax.vim
    |
    +-	Clear out any old syntax.
    |
    +-	Source $VIMRUNTIME/syntax/synload.vim
    |	|
    |	+-  Set up standard highlighting groups
    |	|
    |	+-  Set up syntax autocmds to load the appropriate syntax file when
    |	|   the 'syntax' option is set. *synload-1*
    |	|
    |	+-  Source the user's optional file, from the |mysyntaxfile| variable.
    |	    This is where you can add your own syntax autocommands for loading
    |	    your syntax file when the 'syntax' option is set.  You can also
    |	    modify the standard highlighting here. *synload-2*
    |
    +-	Source $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim
    |	|
    |	+-  Install autocmds based on suffix to set the 'filetype' option
    |	|   This is where the connection between file name and file type is
    |	|   made for known file types. *synload-3*
    |	|
    |	+-  Source the user's optional file, from the |myfiletypefile|
    |	|   variable.  This is where you can add your own connections between
    |	|   file name and file type.  Or overrule existing ones. *synload-4*
    |	|
    |	+-  Install one autocommand which loads $VIMRUNTIME/scripts.vim when
    |	|   no file type was detected yet. *synload-5*
    |	|
    |	+-  Source $VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim, to setup the Syntax menu. |menu.vim|
    |
    +-	Install a FileType autocommand to set the 'syntax' option when a file
    |	type has been detected. *synload-6*
    |
    +-	Execute syntax autocommands to start syntax highlighting for each
	already loaded buffer.
  When a file is loaded, its syntax file is found in this way:
     Loading the file triggers the BufReadPost autocommands.
    |
    +-	If there is a match with one of the autocommands from |synload-3|
    |	(known file types) or |synload-4| (user's file types), the 'filetype'
    |	option is set to the file type.
    |
    +-	The autocommand at |synload-5| is triggered.  If the file type was not
    |	found yet, then $VIMRUNTIME/scripts.vim is sourced.
    |	|
    |	+-  Source the user's optional |myscriptsfile|.  This typically makes
    |	|   checks using "getline(1) =~ pattern" to find out which file type
    |	|   the file is, and sets 'filetype'.
    |	|
    |	+-  If the file type is still unknown, check the contents of the file,
    |	    again with checks like "getline(1) =~ pattern" as to whether the
    |	    file type can be recognized, and set 'filetype'.
    |
    +-	When the file type was determined and 'filetype' was set, this
    |	triggers the FileType autocommand |synload-6| above.  It sets
    |	'syntax' to the determined file type.
    |
    +-	When the 'syntax' option was set above, this triggers an autocommand
    |	from |synload-1| or |synload-2|.  This will source the syntax file in
    |	the $VIMRUNTIME/syntax directory or the user's syntax file.
    |
    +-	Any other user installed FileType or Syntax autocommands are
	triggered.  This can be used to change the highlighting for a specific
	syntax.
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: 생성을 해서 실행을 했더니 실행까지 되더군요.
:
: 그런데 문제는 예를 들면 :syntax on이라는 것을 치면
: Can't open file /usr/local/share/vim/syntax/syntax.vim
: 이라고 나오는 군요.
: 그런데 제가 찾아보니까...
: 그 파일은 /home/shwee/tmp/vim61/runtime/syntax/syntax.vim
: 여기 있더군요.
:
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:
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: 그래서 datadir를 찾았더니 이 것은 정의가 안 되 있더군요.
:
: root가 아니면 전혀 사용할 수 없는 건가요?
: 조언 부탁드립니다.
:
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: Vim을 쓰기 위해서...