Package -- the class of all packages

Functions and methods returning a package :

• installPackage -- load and install a package and its documentation
• loadPackage -- load a package
• needsPackage -- load a package if not already loaded
• package -- get containing package

Methods that use a package :

• "? Package" -- see ? Symbol -- view brief documentation of a symbol
• "check(List,Package)" -- see check -- perform tests of a package
• "check(Package)" -- see check -- perform tests of a package
• "check(ZZ,Package)" -- see check -- perform tests of a package
• "debug(Package)" -- see debug -- open the private dictionary of a package
• "dismiss(Package)" -- see dismiss -- dismiss a package
• "exportFrom(Package,List)" -- see exportFrom -- export symbols from a package's private dictionary
• "importFrom(Package,List)" -- see importFrom -- import symbols to the current private dictionary
• "installPackage(Package)" -- see installPackage -- load and install a package and its documentation
• "loadPackage(Package)" -- see loadPackage -- load a package
• "methods(Package)" -- see methods -- list methods
• options(Package) -- get options
• "package(Package)" -- see package -- get containing package
• "readPackage(Package)" -- see readPackage -- read the package preamble
• "tests(Package)" -- see tests -- locate a package's tests
• "tests(ZZ,Package)" -- see tests -- locate a package's tests
• "uninstallPackage(Package)" -- see uninstallPackage -- uninstall a package and remove its documentation
• use(Package) -- activate a previously dismissed package

For the programmer

The object Package is a type, with ancestor classes MutableHashTable < HashTable < Thing.