I'm familiar with similar threads and http://xchm.sourceforge.net/ and http://archmage.sourceforge.net/, and HelpExplorer-2.1, and the possibility of installing Konqueror ( I use Gnome).
What is my best bet and what are the problematic dependencies?. In other words what is it that I have to look out for?. Thanks a lot.

For a Gnome desktop you'll want to use gnochm. I haven't had any dependency problems installing it, though I've never tried on Suse.

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Thanks a lot for your reply. Look what happened to me. I didn't know I had Konqueror installed. I made it start from the command line; when pointed to the file, it asked for an application. Another guy in another forum had suggested kchmviewer with Konqueror, so I installed it with YaST, and the next time I pointed to the file, it popped up immediately. I'm all set. Thanks for your help and the help of others.

Ubuntu 9.10 (pronounced Ooboontoo, I found out) has links to four viewers in it's Main Menu under Ubuntu Software Center: Free Software. ChmSee and xCHM are the best. Scroll down to ChmSee, for instance, double click on it and a window opens. You can click on install at the bottom and it downloads and installs. automatically.
To use it, you can right click on a chm file and choose it under Open With, if it isn't already there at the top. It is also placed in the Main Menu under Accessories.
I updated to Ubuntu 9.10 from Ubuntu 3.10. It's an option under Update Manager in 3.10 and maybe your version too.
Also to install Google Earth: download the file, right click, choose Open With, then Other Application and at the bottom click on Use A Custom Command. Type in sh and enter. It installs automatically.
If you have trouble reading the fonts in Google Earth, try updating your video card driver in Update Manager to a newer one.

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