primer3 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 30,2024

1. Install "primer3" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install primer3 on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall primer3 on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "primer3" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone primer3's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/primer3.git 
            
                        
                ~/primer3
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/primer3 folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/primer3
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the primer3 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1040628
Name: primer3
PackageBaseID: 17091
PackageBase: primer3
Version: 2.6.1-1
Description: Tool to design flanking oligo nucleotides for DNA amplification
URL: https://github.com/primer3-org/primer3
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: mschu
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1211478096
LastModified: 1645416956
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/primer3.tar.gz