[R] Retaining regularly used add-ons

Marc R. Feldesman feldesmanm at pdx.edu
Fri Sep 27 23:05:33 CEST 2002


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At 12:23 PM 9/27/2002, Robert Keefe wrote:
 >
 >Hi everyone,
 >
 >How might I go about configuring R to keep
 >add-on packages loaded from session to session?
 >
 >Is this undesireable for some reason?
 >
 >At present, I keep a file called "pckgs.txt" in my
 >working directory with, e.g.,
 >
 >library(gnlm)
 >library(Hmisc)
 >...
 >
 >and then type source("add-ons.txt") every time I start
 >a new session. I suspect there's a more elegant way
 >to hold on to the packages I use regularly?
 >
 >Thanks in advance for any suggestions or insight, and
 >a big thanks to all for creating and maintaining such
 >a powerful tool.
 >
 >Regards,
 >
 >Rob
 >
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