** Summary ** 

How to use and manage Tcl packages.

** See Also **

[Tcl User Guide%|%User Guide%|%]

[Tcl Package Developer Guide%|%Package Developer Guide%|%]

** Description **

In the most elementary case, using a package is a matter of directly employing
the [load] or [source] command to make the code in some file available to Tcl.
This can be seen in the following examples:

[extension example]

Typically, however, packages are distributed such that they can be loaded via the [package] command.

[Just getting a package found already]:   

[Where does the package command find the packages it seeks?]:   

[How to unload a package]:   

[Package tips and tricks]:   

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