perlprimer command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

perlprimer: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: perlprimer: command not found

Solutions to perlprimer: command not found

How To Fix perlprimer: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu perlprimer is provided by perlprimer package.

perlprimer is:

PerlPrimer is a free, open-source GUI application written in Perl that designs primers for standard Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), bisulphite PCR, real-time PCR (QPCR) and sequencing. It aims to automate and simplify the process of primer design.

If operated online, the tool nicely communicates with the Ensembl project for further insights into the gene structure, i.e., allowing for taking the location of exons and introns into account for the design of the primers. The sequences themselves can be retrieved, too.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install perlprimer

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install perlprimer.

sudo apt -y install perlprimer

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install perlprimer

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix perlprimer command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.