How To Install primer3 on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install primer3 on Fedora 36.
What is primer3
Primer3 is a widely used program for designing PCR primers (PCR = “Polymerase Chain Reaction”). PCR is an essential and ubiquitous tool in genetics and molecular biology. Primer3 can also design hybridization probes and sequencing primers. PCR is used for many different goals. Consequently, primer3 has many different input parameters that you control and that tell primer3 exactly what characteristics make good primers for your goals.
We can use yum or dnf to install primer3 on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install primer3.
Install primer3 on Fedora 36 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install primer3 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install primer3
Install primer3 on Fedora 36 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install primer3 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install primer3
How To Uninstall primer3 on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the primer3 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove primer3
primer3 Package Contents on Fedora 36
/etc/primer3_config
/etc/primer3_config/dangle.dh
/etc/primer3_config/dangle.ds
/etc/primer3_config/interpretations
/etc/primer3_config/interpretations/dangle_i.dh
/etc/primer3_config/interpretations/dangle_i.ds
/etc/primer3_config/interpretations/loops_i.dh
/etc/primer3_config/interpretations/loops_i.ds
/etc/primer3_config/interpretations/stack_i.dh
/etc/primer3_config/interpretations/stack_i.ds
/etc/primer3_config/interpretations/stackmm_i_mm.dh
/etc/primer3_config/interpretations/stackmm_i_mm.ds
/etc/primer3_config/interpretations/tetraloop_i.dh
/etc/primer3_config/interpretations/tetraloop_i.ds
/etc/primer3_config/interpretations/triloop_i.dh
/etc/primer3_config/interpretations/triloop_i.ds
/etc/primer3_config/interpretations/tstack2_i.dh
/etc/primer3_config/interpretations/tstack2_i.ds
/etc/primer3_config/interpretations/tstack_i.dh
/etc/primer3_config/interpretations/tstack_i.ds
/etc/primer3_config/interpretations/tstack_tm_inf_i.dh
/etc/primer3_config/interpretations/tstack_tm_inf_i.ds
/etc/primer3_config/loops.dh
/etc/primer3_config/loops.ds
/etc/primer3_config/stack.dh
/etc/primer3_config/stack.ds
/etc/primer3_config/stackmm.dh
/etc/primer3_config/stackmm.ds
/etc/primer3_config/tetraloop.dh
/etc/primer3_config/tetraloop.ds
/etc/primer3_config/triloop.dh
/etc/primer3_config/triloop.ds
/etc/primer3_config/tstack.dh
/etc/primer3_config/tstack2.dh
/etc/primer3_config/tstack2.ds
/etc/primer3_config/tstack_tm_inf.ds
/usr/bin/ntdpal
/usr/bin/oligotm
/usr/bin/primer3_core
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5/7250c7eaa3d9e86a099e03875c46534d54ca99
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/957889affebcb2d81dd80f901a9c1bdd63306a
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/e809124bcc134b4fe6b2e18653878ea26b46ee
/usr/share/doc/primer3
/usr/share/doc/primer3/README.md
/usr/share/doc/primer3/example
/usr/share/doc/primer3/p3_th_settings.txt
/usr/share/doc/primer3/primer3_v1_1_4_default_settings.txt
/usr/share/doc/primer3/primer3web_v0_4_0_default_settings.txt
/usr/share/doc/primer3/primer3web_v3_0_0_default_settings.txt
/usr/share/doc/primer3/primer3web_v4_0_0_default_settings.txt
/usr/share/licenses/primer3
/usr/share/licenses/primer3/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install primer3 on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).