How to get the list of packages installed in base R?


There is no limitation to installation of packages in R but base R also has some packages associated to it. Hence, there is no need to install or load them in R console every time. We can directly use any of the base R package functions to perform the analysis. If we want to get the list of these package then we can use the code as shown below:

Example

> installed.packages(priority="base")

Output

Package LibPath Version Priority
base "base" "C:/Program Files/R/R-4.0.2/library" "4.0.2" "base"
compiler "compiler" "C:/Program Files/R/R-4.0.2/library" "4.0.2" "base"
datasets "datasets" "C:/Program Files/R/R-4.0.2/library" "4.0.2" "base"
graphics "graphics" "C:/Program Files/R/R-4.0.2/library" "4.0.2" "base"
grDevices "grDevices" "C:/Program Files/R/R-4.0.2/library" "4.0.2" "base"
grid "grid" "C:/Program Files/R/R-4.0.2/library" "4.0.2" "base"
methods "methods" "C:/Program Files/R/R-4.0.2/library" "4.0.2" "base"
parallel "parallel" "C:/Program Files/R/R-4.0.2/library" "4.0.2" "base"
splines "splines" "C:/Program Files/R/R-4.0.2/library" "4.0.2" "base"
stats "stats" "C:/Program Files/R/R-4.0.2/library" "4.0.2" "base"
stats4 "stats4" "C:/Program Files/R/R-4.0.2/library" "4.0.2" "base"
tcltk "tcltk" "C:/Program Files/R/R-4.0.2/library" "4.0.2" "base"
tools "tools" "C:/Program Files/R/R-4.0.2/library" "4.0.2" "base"
utils "utils" "C:/Program Files/R/R-4.0.2/library" "4.0.2" "base"
Depends Imports LinkingTo
base NA NA NA
compiler NA NA NA
datasets NA NA NA
graphics NA "grDevices" NA
grDevices NA NA NA
grid NA "grDevices, utils" NA
methods NA "utils, stats" NA
parallel NA "tools, compiler" NA
splines NA "graphics, stats" NA
stats NA "utils, grDevices, graphics" NA
stats4 NA "graphics, methods, stats" NA
tcltk NA "utils" NA
tools NA NA NA
utils NA NA NA
Suggests Enhances
base "methods" NA
compiler NA NA
datasets NA NA
graphics NA NA
grDevices "KernSmooth" NA
grid "lattice" NA
methods "codetools" NA
parallel "methods" "snow, nws, Rmpi"
splines "Matrix, methods" NA
stats "MASS, Matrix, SuppDists, methods, stats4" NA
stats4 NA NA
tcltk NA NA
tools "codetools, methods, xml2, curl, commonmark" NA
utils "methods, xml2, commonmark" NA
License License_is_FOSS License_restricts_use OS_type
base "Part of R 4.0.2" NA NA NA
compiler "Part of R 4.0.2" NA NA NA
datasets "Part of R 4.0.2" NA NA NA
graphics "Part of R 4.0.2" NA NA NA
grDevices "Part of R 4.0.2" NA NA NA
grid "Part of R 4.0.2" NA NA NA
methods "Part of R 4.0.2" NA NA NA
parallel "Part of R 4.0.2" NA NA NA
splines "Part of R 4.0.2" NA NA NA
stats "Part of R 4.0.2" NA NA NA
stats4 "Part of R 4.0.2" NA NA NA
tcltk "Part of R 4.0.2" NA NA NA
tools "Part of R 4.0.2" NA NA NA
utils "Part of R 4.0.2" NA NA NA
MD5sum NeedsCompilation Built
base NA NA "4.0.2"
compiler NA NA "4.0.2"
datasets NA NA "4.0.2"
graphics NA "yes" "4.0.2"
grDevices NA "yes" "4.0.2"
grid NA "yes" "4.0.2"
methods NA "yes" "4.0.2"
parallel NA "yes" "4.0.2"
splines NA "yes" "4.0.2"
stats NA "yes" "4.0.2"
stats4 NA NA "4.0.2"
tcltk NA "yes" "4.0.2"
tools NA "yes" "4.0.2"
utils NA "yes" "4.0.2"

Updated on: 19-Nov-2020

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