Virtual Environments

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Overview

Questions

• What are are virtual environements and how are they used?
• How do I create and work with virtual environments in R?

Objectives

SH

- define the term virtual environment and explain how virtual environments are used
- create a virtual environment that uses a specific version of a package using renv
- restore a virtual environment using renv
- explore the history of a virtual environment using renv

Key Points

• Virtual environments help programmers to manage the packages installed in their workspace.
• In R, you can use the renv package to control the packages that are included in your environment.