- 1 year ago
glmnet for R under windows
To use the glmnet
package in R on Windows, you can follow these steps:
Install R: Download and install the latest version of R for Windows from the official R website (https://www.r-project.org/).
Install Rtools: Download and install Rtools, which provides additional tools required for building packages on Windows. You can download Rtools from the following website: https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/
Install glmnet package: Launch R or RStudio and install the
glmnet
package using the following command:Rinstall.packages("glmnet")
This will download and install the package from the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) repository.
Load the glmnet package: Once the package is installed, load it into your R session using the following command:
Rlibrary(glmnet)
This will make the
glmnet
functions and data available for use in your R scripts.
You can now use the glmnet
package in R on Windows to perform regularized regression and variable selection tasks.
Note: Make sure to have an internet connection during the installation process to download the required package and its dependencies.