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
• exportFrom(Package,String) -- see exportFrom -- export symbols from a package's private dictionary
• importFrom(Package,List) -- see importFrom -- import symbols to the current private dictionary
• importFrom(Package,String) -- 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)
• 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.