primer3_core ???

[inagy at abc.hu]

The executable is called  "primer3" in Primer 3.0.6 and "primer3_core" in Primer
3.0.9. If you rename "primer3" to "primer3_core" (or make a symbolic link), you
can use  Primer 3.0.6 es well.

Istvan
   
On 14-Mar-2002 Gary Williams, Tel 01223 494522 wrote:
> 
> You need Whitehead primer3 version 3.0.9, not 3.0.6
> 
>>From the eprimer3 documentation:
> 
> The Whitehead Institute program that is run by this program is available
> from:
> http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/genome_software/other/primer3.html 
> (Then see the link 'Get release 0.9') 
> 
> The version that is run by this program is 3.0.9 currently available
> from:
> http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/ftp/distribution/software/primer3_0_9_test.tar.gz
> 
> Gary
> 
> Guy Bottu wrote:
>> 
>> from : BEN
>> 
>>         Dear developers,
>> 
>> A question : I have installed EMBOSS 2.3.1 and Primer 3.0.6. When I run
>> the program eprimer3 I get an error message :
>> 
>>    EMBOSS An error in eprimer3.c at line 316:
>> The program 'primer3_core' must be on the path.
>> It is part of the 'primer3' package,
>> available from the Whitehead Institute.
>> See: http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/
>> 
>> The package primer however does not contain an executable primer3_core.
>> I installed on the public path a logical link from primer3_core to the
>> Primer executable primer3, but this time I get a Segmentation fault when
>> I try to run eprimer3. Do I miss something ?
>> 
>>         Sincerely,
>>         Guy Bottu
> 
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