A global ‘standard’ in software tools for multivariate analysis in biodiversity and community ecology, PRIMER has been developed and led by highly-cited globally-recognized academic researchers for the past 30 years.

PRIMER’s robust statistical tools empower thousands of researchers worldwide to gain novel insights from complex high-dimensional data.

PRIMER software is a device-dependent installation, and not for terminal servers. Note: PRIMER will not run natively on Apple Mac OSX, but it is possible to use it via virtualization software or Boot Camp.

To empower researchers to make the most of their multivariate data by developing novel analytical & graphical methods, software tools and courses backed by scientific academic excellence.

PRIMER 7 (with PERMANOVA+) software can be downloaded and installed either in trial mode, (free for 30 days) or as a full version, which requires payment for a licence activation key. In trial mode, all PRIMER 7 and PERMANOVA+ routines are available, but you will be unable to save or print, and all graphics you produce will be watermarked, so ...

Welcome to the PRIMER-e Learning Hub! Books: A Quick Guide to PRIMER; Should I Use PRIMER or R? Manuals: Change in Marine Communities; PRIMER v7: User Manual/Tutorial; PERMANOVA+ for PRIMER

This 5-day course will cover the essentials – a suite of core non-parametric methods implemented in PRIMER software, as well as several key semi-parametric methods encapsulated in PERMANOVA+.

Install the software. Once the download has completed, double click on the downloaded installation file ('PRIMER7Setup.exe') to start the installation process.

PRIMER 7 (with PERMANOVA+) software can be downloaded and installed either in trial mode, (free for 30 days) or as a full version, which requires payment for a licence activation key. In trial mode, all PRIMER 7 and PERMANOVA+ routines are available, but you will be unable to save or print, and all graphics you produce will be watermarked, so ...

Here we provide instructions for the download and installation of PRIMER 7 (with PERMANOVA+). Ple...