How to view CHM files in Ubuntu
If you often like to download e-books from the Internet , then you probably know that the most used format for their distribution is PDF or CHM. In Ubuntu you can easily open any PDF file, but if you try to open a CHM file, it is possible to receive an error saying: There is no application installed for this file type .
That’s because Ubuntu comes without integrated support for CHM files since CHM is a proprietary format used by Microsoft. However, this can be fixed easily by installing third party tools like GnoCHM.
GnoCHM enables you to view files encoded in the MS ITSS format. These files are most commonly known as Microsoft Html Help files, and usually have a .chm extension.
GnoCHM has the following features:
- Full text search – it is possible to quickly search for words in the CHM archive.
- Bookmarks – you can save your favorite pages in each file and easily jump to them later.
- It supports external CHM links – some CHM files contain hyperlinks to other CHM files. GnoCHM is able to search a list of directories in order to automatically find these targets.
- Configurable support for HTTP links. Some of the links in a CHM file are to web sites. GnoCHM can be configured to open a web browser when one of these links is clicked.
- Gnome2 integration. GnoCHM supports internationalisation,Drag-n-Drop, On-line help, applications registry, mime database and standard gnome command line parameters (where supported by PyGTK).
- You can view multiple files at the same time without having to start new instances of GnoCHM.
- It is possible to display the HTML source of the current displayed page.
To install GnoCHM go to Applications > Add/Remove…. and type gnochm in the search box. Then select it from the list below and click Apply changes. Now in the following window click Apply again to confirm the installation.
