How to install the package from R-Forge. ======================================== In the subsequent installation help, it is required that you have the permission to install R packages on the computer. (A) Windows ----------- Remark: The advertised command > install.packages("lmmlasso", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org") does not work under windows. Install the package in the following way: - Download and save the "Windows multi-arch binary (.zip)" file on your Desktop - Since lmmlasso depends on several packages, do first install the following packages from CRAN: emulator, miscTools, penalized. - Go to the Menu "Packages/Install package from local .zip file". - Select the downloaded .zip file. - load the package by > library(lmmlasso) - look at the examples by typing > example(lmmlasso) - from now on, when you open a new R session, just type > library(lmmlasso) - well done:-) (B) UNIX -------- (i) run "R CMD INSTALL lmmlasso_0.1-2.tar.gz" in a terminal (ii) if you have the permission to install it in the default folder. - type > install.packages("lmmlasso", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org") - load the package by > library(lmmlasso) - look at the examples by typing > example(lmmlasso) - well done:-) (iii) if you do not have the permission in the default folder. - specify the folder where you have the permission to install it, call it "/path/to/permissionFolder". You only have to install it once. - type > install.packages("lmmlasso", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org",lib="/path/to/permissionFolder") - In all further R sessions, you can load the package by > library(lmmlasso) - look at the examples by typing > example(lmmlasso) - well done:-) (C) Mac ------- - Sorry, no help currently available.