How to Install and Uninstall primer3 Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: March 15,2025

1. Install "primer3" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install primer3 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "primer3" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall primer3 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the primer3 package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: primer3
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.4.0-1ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/science
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 675
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5)
Suggests: ncbi-epcr
Enhances: emboss
Filename: pool/universe/p/primer3/primer3_2.4.0-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 179556
MD5sum: dbb11df54493bf2b5737b14e41ece64d
SHA1: 69da4fd0ad372f8056eda6d7d4061e595740fe34
SHA256: 907a9662b92e53a654fa40372df6d8cda2b68f7cdc30abe0ec7ec17b9bbf15e5
Homepage: http://primer3.sourceforge.net
Description: tool to design flanking oligo nucleotides for DNA amplification
Description-md5: 063d46e211772f78e703d8d910d9f8a4