## first install all necessary R packages:

- Rcpp
- RcppEigen
- RcppNumerical
- VennDiagram
- visNetwork

## windows users may need to install Rtools

Rtools can be found and installed here:
https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/

## install vennLasso using terminal

- open terminal or command line
- cd into folder containing vennLasso_0.1.tar.gz
- install vennLasso by running command: 

        R CMD INSTALL vennLasso_0.1.tar.gz

Upon successful installation using the above command, 
the entire script ``vennLasso_usage_example.R" can be run