typop command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix typop command not found error message

Introduction

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

typop: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: typop: command not found

Solutions to typop: command not found

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

In Ubuntu typop is provided by terminology package.

terminology is:

It emulates a slightly extended vt100 with some extensions and bling:

  • Most escapes supported by xterm, rxvt, Xterm 256 color, etc. work
  • Background effects, Transparency, bitmap and scalable fonts supported
  • Themes for the layout and design, and a visual bell.
  • URL, file path and email address detection and link-handling
  • Inline display of link content
  • Multiple copy and paste selections and buffer support
  • Works in X11, Wayland and directly in the Linux framebuffer (fbcon)
  • Finger/touch controlled, scan scale by UI scaling factors
  • Render using OpenGL or OpenGL-ES2 or Software mode.
  • Can display inlined multimedia, multiple tabs and split into multiple panes
  • Block text selection. Drag and drop of text selections and links
  • Can stream media from URLs
  • Tab switcher has live thumbnail content
  • Single process, multiple windows/terminals support

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

sudo apt-get -y install terminology

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

You can also use apt command to install terminology.

sudo apt -y install terminology

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

sudo aptitude install terminology

Summary

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