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Open / view .chm file under Linux or FreeBSD

Posted by Vivek Gite [Last updated: January 22, 2007]

Chm file is a Microsoft Compressed HTML Help file in a proprietary format for online help files. Under Linux/FreeBSD or UNIX you can open .chm file using following three different programs which makes it possible to browse native Windows CHM files:

Install chm viewer

Use apt-get or yum command to install chm viewer:
# apt-get install gnochm
OR
# apt-get install kchmviewer

Gnome Desktop User

Use gnochm program as follows
$ gnochm file.chm

KDE Desktop User

Use kchmviewer (very nice and highly recommended) program as follows
$ kchmviewer file.chm

Other tool

xchm program is quite outdated but works:
$ xchm file.chm

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Discussion on This FAQ

  1. Deepak Says:

    If you have KDE installed Open the file with Konqueror and naviagate from within.

  2. asdf Says:

    Or you could just use xchm

    $sudo apt-get install xchm

  3. nidhi Says:

    i used konquerer it worked fine thanks

  4. sun Says:

    i installed kchmviewer and it works fine but i prefer konqueror …i tried to open .chm from within the konqueror but it opens it with kchmviewer … i tried right click and open with other application=konqueror ..still it forces it to open with kchviewer …. i actually like the konqueror fonts… please some one ..help..

  5. s Says:

    Currently gnochm doesn’t allow you to do in-page search and change fonts. xchm is better.

  6. prabu Says:

    Really Good . Excellent

  7. Abhishek Says:

    Thanks!

  8. himadri Says:

    Thanks for the help /. Konquerer works .. so does kchmviewer …

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