Using Renv

• Create a project
• Call renv::init() to create a standalone library
• Call renv::activate() this happens automatically if using RStudio projects
• Install necessary packages with traditional syntax install.packages("dplyr")
• Call renv::snapshot() to track versions etc.

“* Lockfile written to ‘~/git_repos/bookclub-do4ds/renv.lock’.”

Now you have a file called renv.lock which has been updated with the project’s packages and their versions:

renv lock

*see book for python equivalent i.e. virtualenv/venv and requirements.txt