[R] loading contrib packages automatically

[Prof Brian D Ripley]

On Wed, 5 Apr 2000, Faheem Mitha wrote:

> Dear R people,
> 
> If I want to use a package, say nlme, I need to say library(nlme) to
> load it. The same with any others. I often forget to do this. Is there
> some way of telling R which packages should be loaded at the start?

Use a .First function, or, easier, put the library commands in your
.Rprofile.

HOWEVER, using these will just slow down both the startup and the running
of R, especially large packages such as nlme. One way is out is via
judicious use of autoload() in your .Rprofile.

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