How To Install iok on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install iok on Debian 9. iok is Indic Onscreen Keyboard

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install iok on Debian 9.

What is iok

iok is:

It shows onscreen keyboard for 12 Indian languages. The languages are - Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, Punjabi, Oriya, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu.

Using drop down menu you can select any of above supported Indian language. Drop down menu listing depends on available inscript keymaps at location /usr/share/m17n/. You can then start directly clicking on keys appearing in iok graphical interface. It will not only show you keyvalues (characters) for English keys on your QWERTY keyboard from selected inscript keymap but also allows you to send those characters to currently active window.

There are three methods to install iok on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install iok Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install iok using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install iok

Install iok Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install iok using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install iok

Install iok Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install iok using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install iok

How To Uninstall iok on Debian 9

To uninstall only the iok package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove iok

Uninstall iok And Its Dependencies

To uninstall iok and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove iok

Remove iok Configurations and Data

To remove iok configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge iok

Remove iok configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove iok configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iok

Dependencies

iok have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install iok package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.