Unable to install mailutils

Question

I'm trying to install mailutils in Ubuntu. I'm getting this error:

$ sudo apt-get install mailtuils
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package mailtuils

I don't see the logic of the duplicate suggestion at all. The problem looks like a typo so far. — Zanna, Feb 26 '17 at 13:50
The error seems pretty clear even if there wasn't a typo. The package you searched for simply does not exist in the repositories you have configured. That should be your first clue that you searched to the wrong package. — , Feb 26 '17 at 16:33
you have a type should be mailutils instead of mailtuils — alper, Mar 26 '21 at 20:53

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 26 '17 at 11:19

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Seems like a typo in your command mailtuils instead of mailutils :

Try this:

sudo apt-get install mailutils

answered Feb 26 '17 at 11:19

Yaron

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score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

While it's clear that you have misspelled the package name simply correcting that doesn't guarantee success as you will get the same result if you don't have the correct repository enabled for that package. You'll note if you check the link above that Ubuntu Package Search indicates specific repositories in [bold] when and where required (as in this case)

Do the following:

1) Insure that the Universe Repository is enabled

2) Use the correct package name in your command. sudo apt-get install mailutils

WinEunuuchs2Unix · Answer 3 · 2017-02-26T19:36:49.093

Use apt policy to see what's wrong :

$ apt policy mailtuils
N: Unable to locate package mailtuils

Aha ... now what do I see ? ... a typo ! :D

$ apt policy mailutils
mailutils:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1:2.99.99-1.1ubuntu3
  Version table:
     1:2.99.99-1.1ubuntu3 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/universe amd64 Packages

Double check universe is in your repositories:

$ sudo add-apt-repository universe
'universe' distribution component is already enabled for all sources.

And here we go ...

$ sudo apt-get install mailutils
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libgsasl7 libkyotocabinet16v5 libmailutils4 libntlm0 mailutils-common
Suggested packages:
  mailutils-mh mailutils-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libgsasl7 libkyotocabinet16v5 libmailutils4 libntlm0 mailutils
  mailutils-common
0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
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Awww @ElderGeek you are probably most right. I'll revise my answer :) — WinEunuuchs2Unix, Feb 26 '17 at 19:35

Unable to install mailutils

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