diff --git a/vignettes/example_NLMR_virtualspecies.Rmd b/vignettes/example_NLMR_virtualspecies.Rmd
index 9ab1418..1259e4c 100644
--- a/vignettes/example_NLMR_virtualspecies.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/example_NLMR_virtualspecies.Rmd
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ library(STRIDER)
 library(terra)
 library(sf)
 
+#installed as not dependencies for STRIDER
+#install.packages("remotes")
+remotes::install_github("cran/RandomFieldsUtils")
+remotes::install_github("cran/RandomFields")
+remotes::install_github("ropensci/NLMR")
+
+install.packages("virtualspecies")
+
 library(NLMR)
 library(virtualspecies)