How to Install and Uninstall iok Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 01,2024

1. Install "iok" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install iok on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                iok
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "iok" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall iok on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                iok
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the iok package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: iok
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 838
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian-IN Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.1.3-1
Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0), libunique-3.0-0 (>= 2.90.1), libx11-6, libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxtst6
Filename: pool/universe/i/iok/iok_2.1.3-1_amd64.deb
Size: 117572
MD5sum: 8c0e1e0abaf63fba346c0f5faca0421e
SHA1: 4fe317b5fbd51db66191f0ee9effb71c3c28248f
SHA256: 5a8b1b6830e85c41e14787144d6395809794b4b605d1d56663e2ddf2f83b3e97
Description-en: Indic Onscreen Keyboard
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.
Description-md5: 2b6917b6404bebe53fcc1a8032cf922e
Homepage: https://fedorahosted.org/iok/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu