How to view .chm files in Gnome ?

lx3000 · 04-09-2006, 12:46 AM

Hello everybody !!!

I've got a question that was frequently asked before me: how do you view the contents of a .chm file on a GNOME desktop (I mean in KDE you can use konqueror - I've tried to use Mozilla in GNOME to view those bloody files but it displays all sort of irrelevant information). Is there a way to do it without installing xchm and similar software (I mean, how can I view the files using my original linux box - no special software.........) !!! Thanks....................

rickh · 04-09-2006, 01:08 AM

Have you tried the other browsers that come with Gnome ... Epiphany, for instance?

The last time I needed to open a .chm file, I downloaded some software named CHMreader, or something like that. You don't say what version of Gnome you're useing, but with version 2.12 they've started doing a lot of bragging about Epiphany.

reddazz · 04-09-2006, 03:50 AM

On KDE you can view chm files with Kchmviewer and on GNOME you can use gnochm or xchm. If you are using FC5 I have rpms for gnochm and I can post the link for you.

metoikos · 04-09-2006, 05:28 AM

Use gnochm ?

lx3000 · 04-09-2006, 02:24 PM

Well my gnome version is 2.x so I did try to use Epiphany and it really did work !!!! I tried to use konqueror on gnome as well so now I've got a good choice :-) Thanks for the suggestion, finally I got the problem straight out !!!

lx3000 · 04-09-2006, 02:54 PM

By the way I did not find the gnochm or xchmviewer command !!! Any sugestions?

reddazz · 04-10-2006, 04:17 AM

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Originally Posted by lx3000

By the way I did not find the gnochm or xchmviewer command !!! Any sugestions?

They are not standard in many Linux distributions so you have to install them yourself. Take a look at dag's repo, it may have the packages you need.

lx3000 · 04-10-2006, 03:51 PM

Hey cool site, thanks for the link it has a lot of usefull things - Thanks..........Though I did not find the rpm for those specific commands :-(

lx3000 · 04-10-2006, 04:51 PM

Hey Guys I found a gret program to view .chm file using the dag link ( thanks again reddazz !!! ).The program is called gnochm - I installed it using yum (a lot easier....) You should try it - it really works (just as the Windows version only far better - well Linux in total is far better than some Windows :-)......Linus RESPECT !!!! :-) )

platinumriver · 09-03-2006, 03:54 AM

yum install gnochm worked great! I'm running FC5 on my laptop and the following packages were also downloaded and installed in case someone is doing this manually.

Downloading Packages:
(1/3): gnochm-0.9.8-1.fc5 100% |=========================| 138 kB 00:00
(2/3): chmlib-0.38-1.fc5. 100% |=========================| 30 kB 00:00
(3/3): python-chm-0.8.3-1 100% |=========================| 40 kB 00:00

AW

viljano · 01-04-2007, 03:14 PM

yum install gnochm is working perfect on FC6

itisbasi · 02-13-2009, 12:31 PM

yep...gnochm works great...thanks!!!!!!!!

vivasjimmy · 09-04-2009, 11:05 AM

I have been looking for these programs I found it easy to get it for other distribution that SUSE. Questions is Can I install this program where they were developed for red hat or fedora or anyother than SUSE? will it work? or I have to look for these specifically developed for SUSE.

Thanks