Install Primer3 on Windows

[stefandiederich]

Hi,

I have some trouble installing Primer3 version 2.4.0 on an Windows 10 system. I downloaded the ZIP file and extracted it. After that I changed folder to "test" and I run the command mingw32-make TESTOPTS=--windows Then I got the following error message:

cd ..\src & mingw32-make
mingw32-make[1]: Entering directory 'C:/Users/die9s/Desktop/primer3-2.4.0/src'
g++ -c -g -Wall -D__USE_FIXED_PROTOTYPES__ -O2  primer3_boulder_main.c
g++ -c -g -Wall -D__USE_FIXED_PROTOTYPES__ -O2  -o format_output.o format_output.c
g++ -c -g -Wall -D__USE_FIXED_PROTOTYPES__ -O2  -o read_boulder.o read_boulder.c
g++ -c -g -Wall -D__USE_FIXED_PROTOTYPES__ -O2  -o print_boulder.o print_boulder.c
g++ -c -g -Wall -D__USE_FIXED_PROTOTYPES__ -O2  masker.c
masker.c:8:22: fatal error: sys/mman.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
Makefile:226: recipe for target 'masker.o' failed
mingw32-make[1]: *** [masker.o] Error 1
mingw32-make[1]: Leaving directory 'C:/Users/die9s/Desktop/primer3-2.4.0/src'
Makefile:94: recipe for target 'makeexes' failed
mingw32-make: *** [makeexes] Error 2

Do you have any idea solving this problem? Thanks in advance Stefan

[untergasser]

Hi Stefan, I fixed the latest code, so you could try directly from GitHub. Let me know if the problem still exists, be aware that the masker is not available on windows versions. Best, Andreas

[liucyuic]

I also have problem installing it on Win 10: make g++ -c -g -Wall -DUSE_FIXED_PROTOTYPES -O2 primer3_boulder_main.c g++ -c -g -Wall -DUSE_FIXED_PROTOTYPES -O2 -o format_output.o format_output.c g++ -c -g -Wall -DUSE_FIXED_PROTOTYPES -O2 -o read_boulder.o read_boulder.c g++ -c -g -Wall -DUSE_FIXED_PROTOTYPES -O2 -o print_boulder.o print_boulder.c g++ -c -g -Wall -DUSE_FIXED_PROTOTYPES -O2 masker.c In file included from /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/7.3.0/include/c++/i686-pc-cygwin/bits/gthr.h:148:0, from /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/7.3.0/include/c++/ext/atomicity.h:35, from /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/7.3.0/include/c++/bits/ios_base.h:39, from /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/7.3.0/include/c++/ios:42, from /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/7.3.0/include/c++/istream:38, from /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/7.3.0/include/c++/fstream:38, from masker.c:1: /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/7.3.0/include/c++/i686-pc-cygwin/bits/gthr-default.h: In function ‘int gthread_mutex_timedlock(pthread_mutex_t, const gthread_time_t*)’: /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/7.3.0/include/c++/i686-pc-cygwin/bits/gthr-default.h:768:12: error: ‘pthread_mutex_timedlock’ was not declared in this scope return gthrw_(pthread_mutex_timedlock) (mutex, abs_timeout); ^ /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/7.3.0/include/c++/i686-pc-cygwin/bits/gthr-default.h:768:12: note: suggested alternative: ‘__gthread_mutex_timedlock’ make: * [Makefile:226: masker.o] Error 1

[untergasser]

Please try Release version 2.5.0 or download binary from release.

Best,

Andreas