Thers's appears to be a typo in the help page for Startup. I believe the following paragraph
A function `.First' (and `.Last') can be defined in appropriate `.Rprofile' or `Rprofile.site' files or have been saved in `.RData'. If you want a different set of packages than `methods' and `ctest' when you start, insert a call to `options' in the `.Rprofile' or `Rprofile.site' file. For example, `options(defaultPakages = character())' will attach no extra packages on startup. should have `options(defaultPackages = character())' > version _ platform i686-pc-linux-gnu arch i686 os linux-gnu system i686, linux-gnu status Under development (unstable) major 1 minor 7.0 year 2003 month 01 day 20 language R -roger _______________________________ UCLA Department of Statistics [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.stat.ucla.edu/~rpeng ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel