Can you be more specific about what conditions cause R to automatically load a package when a .RData file is loaded? My experience has actually been the opposite.
On October 22, 2020 6:13:11 PM PDT, Henrik Bengtsson <henrik.bengts...@gmail.com> wrote: >As Jeff says, it might be that you have a ~/.Rprofile file with >instructions to load packages when R starts. It could also be that >you have a .RData file, which is saved if you answer yes to: > >> Save workspace image? [y/n/c]: y > >when you quit R. If this file exists, then R loads it and all the >objects you had when you saved it. If there are objects associated >with packages, then that will cause those packages to be loaded when R >starts. To avoid this, you need to move or delete the .RData file. > >You can use: > >> startup::startup(debug = TRUE, dryrun = TRUE) > >to get detailed information on what happens when R starts, e.g. if you >have a .Rprofile file and an .RData file. That might help you to >track down what's going on. The 'startup' package is on CRAN. > >I don't know of an easy way to restart RGui or RStudio Console in >vanilla mode, similarly how you can start R at the terminal with 'R >--vanilla'. > >/Henrik > >On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 4:14 PM Jeff Newmiller ><jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote: >> >> Have you looked into your .Rprofile file? Loading packages is not >something R normally does without your telling it to do so, but many >people forget that they have done so. >> >> On October 22, 2020 3:47:04 PM PDT, Michael L Friendly ><frien...@yorku.ca> wrote: >> >[env: Windows, R 3.6.6] >> > >> >When I start R from the R Gui icon or from RStudio, I get a large >> >number of packages loaded via a namespace. Not entirely clear where >> >these come from. >> > >> >As a result, I often run into problems updating packages because >> >something is already loaded. How can start a new gui session with >> >minimal packages loaded? >> > >> >> sessionInfo() >> >R version 3.6.3 (2020-02-29) >> >Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit) >> >Running under: Windows 7 x64 (build 7601) Service Pack 1 >> > >> >Matrix products: default >> > >> >locale: >> >[1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252 LC_CTYPE=English_United >> >States.1252 >> >[3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C >> > >> >[5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252 >> > >> >attached base packages: >> >[1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base >> > >> > >> >loaded via a namespace (and not attached): >> >[1] statmod_1.4.34 xfun_0.18 tidyselect_1.1.0 >reshape2_1.4.4 >> >purrr_0.3.4 mitools_2.4 >> >[7] splines_3.6.3 lattice_0.20-41 coefplot_1.2.6 carData_3.0-4 >> >colorspace_1.4-1 vctrs_0.3.4 >> >[13] generics_0.0.2 htmltools_0.5.0 yaml_2.2.1 >survival_3.2-7 >> > rlang_0.4.7 pillar_1.4.6 >> >[19] nloptr_1.2.2.2 glue_1.4.2 DBI_1.1.0 >lifecycle_0.2.0 >> > plyr_1.8.6 stringr_1.4.0 >> >[25] effects_4.2-0 munsell_0.5.0 gtable_0.3.0 >evaluate_0.14 >> > knitr_1.30 fansi_0.4.1 >> >[31] Rcpp_1.0.5 scales_1.1.1 useful_1.2.6 fs_1.4.2 >> > lme4_1.1-23 packrat_0.5.0 >> >[37] ggplot2_3.3.2 digest_0.6.25 stringi_1.4.6 >insight_0.9.6 >> > dplyr_1.0.2 survey_4.0 >> >[43] grid_3.6.3 cli_2.1.0 tools_3.6.3 magrittr_1.5 >> > tibble_3.0.4 crayon_1.3.4 >> >[49] pkgconfig_2.0.3 ellipsis_0.3.1 MASS_7.3-53 >Matrix_1.2-18 >> > reprex_0.3.0 assertthat_0.2.1 >> >[55] minqa_1.2.4 rmarkdown_2.4 rstudioapi_0.11 R6_2.4.1 >> > boot_1.3-25 nnet_7.3-14 >> >[61] nlme_3.1-149 compiler_3.6.3 >> >> >> > >> >Michael Friendly Email: friendly AT yorku DOT ca >> >Professor, Psychology Dept. & Former Chair, ASA Statistical Graphics >> >Section >> >York University Voice: 416 736-2100 x66249 >> >4700 Keele Street Web: http://www.datavis.ca | @datavisFriendly >> >Toronto, ONT M3J 1P3 CANADA >> > >> >______________________________________________ >> >R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> >PLEASE do read the posting guide >> >http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >> -- >> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
