Many of the useful features in R are not contained in the primary R package, but instead come from libraries that have been developed by various members of the R community. Before we can use a package...Many of the useful features in R are not contained in the primary R package, but instead come from libraries that have been developed by various members of the R community. Before we can use a package, we need to install it on our system, using the install.packages() function: This will automatically download the package from the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) and install it on your system.