diff --git a/academic/primer3/README b/academic/primer3/README
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+Primer3 is a widely used program for designing PCR primers. 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.
+
+For details and citation:
+Steve Rozen and Helen J. Skaletsky (2000) Primer3 on the WWW for 
+general users and for biologist programmers. In: Krawetz S, Misener S 
+(eds) Bioinformatics Methods and Protocols: Methods in Molecular 
+Biology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ, pp 365-386
diff --git a/academic/primer3/References b/academic/primer3/References
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+References
+
+Steve Rozen and Helen J. Skaletsky (2000) Primer3 on the WWW for general
+users and for biologist programmers. In: Krawetz S, Misener S (eds)
+Bioinformatics Methods and Protocols: Methods in Molecular Biology. Humana
+Press, Totowa, NJ, pp 365-386
diff --git a/academic/primer3/primer3.SlackBuild b/academic/primer3/primer3.SlackBuild
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Slackware build script for primer3
+# Written by Petar Petrov, <ppetrov@paju.oulu.fi> and 
+# hereby submitted to the public domain
+
+# THIS SLACKBUILD IS DISTRIBUTETD IN THE HOPE OF BEING 
+# USEFUL BUT WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. THE AUTHOR IS _NOT_ 
+# RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR DATA LOSS CAUSED BY IT.
+
+PRGNAM=primer3	
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.2.3}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}	
+
+if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
+  case "$( uname -m )" in
+    i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
+    arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
+       *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
+  esac
+fi
+
+CWD=$(pwd)
+TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
+PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
+OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
+
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
+else
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+fi
+
+set -e
+
+rm -rf $PKG
+mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
+cd $TMP
+rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
+cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+chown -R root:root .
+find . \
+ \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
+ -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
+ \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
+ -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+
+cd ./src
+
+#Use our CFLAGS
+sed -i "/^CFLAGS/s/=/+=/" Makefile
+
+CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+  make
+
+# This is recommended, but the tests take a really long time. 
+# Be patient if you uncomment the next line.
+# make test
+
+install -D -m755 primer3_core $PKG/usr/bin/primer3_core
+install -D -m755 long_seq_tm_test $PKG/usr/bin/long_seq_tm_test
+install -D -m755 ntdpal $PKG/usr/bin/ntdpal
+install -D -m755 ntthal $PKG/usr/bin/ntthal
+install -D -m755 oligotm $PKG/usr/bin/oligotm
+
+cd ..
+
+find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
+  | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a \
+  COPYING.txt example primer3_manual.htm \
+  $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
+cat $CWD/References > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/References
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/install
+cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
+
+cd $PKG
+/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/academic/primer3/primer3.info b/academic/primer3/primer3.info
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+PRGNAM="primer3"
+VERSION="2.2.3"
+HOMEPAGE="http://primer3.sourceforge.net/"
+DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/primer3/primer3/2.2.3/primer3-2.2.3.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="b9cdcff68637479c094844d652c03839"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
+MD5SUM_x86_64=""
+MAINTAINER="Petar Petrov"
+EMAIL="ppetrov@paju.oulu.fi"
+APPROVED="Niels Horn"
diff --git a/academic/primer3/slack-desc b/academic/primer3/slack-desc
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+# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.  Line
+# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
+# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.  You must
+# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+
+       |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
+primer3: primer3 (Design PCR primers)
+primer3:
+primer3: Primer3 is a widely used program for designing PCR primers (PCR =
+primer3: "Polymerase Chain Reaction"). PCR is an essential and
+primer3: ubiquitous tool in genetics and molecular biology. Primer3 can also
+primer3: design hybridization probes and sequencing primers.
+primer3:
+primer3:
+primer3:
+primer3:
+primer3: Home: http://primer3.sourceforge.net/