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xchm program is quite outdated but works: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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If you have KDE installed Open the file with Konqueror and naviagate from within.
Or you could just use xchm
$sudo apt-get install xchm
i used konquerer it worked fine thanks
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..
Currently gnochm doesn’t allow you to do in-page search and change fonts. xchm is better.
Really Good . Excellent
Thanks!
Thanks for the help /. Konquerer works .. so does kchmviewer …
it very much useful.
thank you.
and where are the repositories for the kchmviewer? I ran the update commands and it didn’t find the install packages.
thanx ….
Thanks a lot! You saved my day!
Thanks!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
I installed Gnochm. The layout is excellent unlike xCHM where the main content is squished to the right of the panel. Unfortunately Gnochm crashes & closes after viewing about 10 pages, or sometimes when choosing a Chapter from the left plane.
Any solutions?
Take the code, debug it and fix it. :-)
thanx
The xchm one worked……..
gnochm crashes due to segmentation fault everytime. So i Uninstalled it. You can use chmsee or others mentioned above.
Thanks you save my status
thanks u very much…
does not work. could be that ubuntu 11.10 wont us it.
thanks though.
Landis.
under KDE (openSuSE), I use and love okular!
Landis
Am using kchmviewer and it works fine.