.chm reader

cola · 11-13-2008, 05:23 AM

Can someone tell me how to install a software of .chm file reader"?
Files with .chm extension.
Which software and how to install?

i92guboj · 11-13-2008, 05:49 AM

http://gnochm.sourceforge.net/
http://www.kchmviewer.net/
http://xchm.sf.net
http://code.google.com/p/chm2pdf/

There are many more. How to install: it depends on the distro you use. Try to search "chm" on your package manager, many of these might be available there. If they aren't you can try to look for a package for your distro on their sites. If not, then you will need to compile from source, but that'd be the last option.

H_TeXMeX_H · 11-13-2008, 06:32 AM

Best one I found is chmsee:
http://chmsee.gro.clinux.org/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/chmsee/

Note that with some CHMs you may need to change the case (uppercase vs lowercase) of some letters in the paths or it won't work, this is because Linux is case sensitive while Window$ is not. This happens with all CHM viewers that I've tried.

ErV · 11-13-2008, 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by cola

Which software

kchmviewer

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Originally Posted by cola

how to install?

Read program documentation.

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Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H

Note that with some CHMs you may need to change the case (uppercase vs lowercase) of some letters in the paths or it won't work, this is because Linux is case sensitive while Window$ is not. This happens with all CHM viewers that I've tried.

Didn't have this problem.

i92guboj · 11-13-2008, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by ErV

Didn't have this problem.

Maybe kchmviewer can handle that, like wine.

I can't compare the many viewers that there are around. I have only needed such a thing one time in more than 15 years of linux.

megerdin · 11-13-2008, 07:15 AM

If you are using Fedora,RHEL OR Centos then run this command from terminal

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yum install gnochm

If you are using ubuntu or Debian based distro then

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apt-get install gnochm

For freeBSD use pkg_add

cola · 11-13-2008, 08:41 AM

To megerdin.

I could not connect to the internet in Fedora 8.

cola · 11-13-2008, 08:43 AM

To i92guboj
I use Fedora 8

harry2006 · 11-14-2008, 05:11 AM

i prefer xchm, its too good! at least for me as i've enver faced any probs.

jay73 · 11-14-2008, 06:06 AM

I prefer fbreader.

cola · 11-14-2008, 01:36 PM

I installed chmlib-0.39.
But i don't know how to use it to read .chm file.
Would someone please tell?

megerdin · 11-16-2008, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by cola

I installed chmlib-0.39.
But i don't know how to use it to read .chm file.
Would someone please tell?

Its a Library fil,You cant use it. Download gnochm from here and install it

its pretty Good I use for myself.

dsuresh · 11-16-2008, 07:28 AM

type this in root

sudo apt-get install xchm

cola · 11-21-2008, 09:46 AM

To megerdin
Downloaded 0.9.11-1.rf.src.rpm.
How to install 0.9.11-1.rf.src.rpm?
Would you please tell?
(No internet connection in linux.)

dsuresh · 11-23-2008, 09:15 AM

hi,
u need RPM and ALIEN . using ubuntu or redhat or other ???