If you work on a Windows computer without admin privileges to modify system files (e.g., many government employees), you can likely still install R in your user folder and replace the default BLAS library there.* Instructions:
- Download the latest R installer.
- Run the installer and select a user folder for installation when prompted, e.g.
C:\Users\USERNAME\SUBFOLDER
. - In RStudio go to 'Tools' > 'Global Options' > 'General' > 'R version' to change the R installation being used to the one you just installed in your user folder.
- Download OpenBLAS following these instructions. A summarized version of this and subsequent steps follows.
- Extract
libopenblas.dll
from the OpenBLAS zip file.