How To Install iok on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install iok on CentOS 7. iok is Indic Onscreen Virtual Keyboard

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install iok on CentOS 7.

What is iok

iok is Indic Onscreen Keyboard. It provides virtual Keyboard functionality. It currently works with Inscript and xkb keymaps for Indian languages. iok can even try to parse non-inscript keymaps and show them in iok.

We can use yum or dnf to install iok on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install iok.

Install iok on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install iok

Install iok on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install iok

How To Uninstall iok on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove iok

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install iok on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.