How do I read a .chm Document?

[Pumalite]

I downloaded an O'Reilly book and it came as a .chm document. What do I need to read it? or what do I have to do to it to make it readable? Thanks a lot.

[ennoil]

There are 3 main programs for reading chm files. They are xchm kchm and kchmviewer. (There may be more but I don't know them) All 3 rely on the libchm library kchmviewer (I believe) has the fewest dependencies.

[antidrugue]

My personal preference goes toward xchm, which render the .chm files in the most standard way. Other viewers included gnochm (for Gnome) and kchhviewer (for KDE).

[Pumalite]

My personal preference goes toward xchm, which render the .chm files in the most standard way. Other viewers included gnochm (for Gnome) and kchhviewer (for KDE).

Thanks for the replies guys. I knew about xchm , but I'm afraid of its dependencies. Knew also about installing Konqueror, but I use Gnome. Is that possible? What about HelpExplorer?. Is there a package I can download for xchm or I have to compile. If I compile what is it that I have to look out for?. Any special directories? Thanks a lot.

[antidrugue]

Thanks for the replies guys. I knew about xchm , but I'm afraid of its dependencies.

xCHM is present in YAST, no need to compile anything.

[Pumalite]

xCHM is present in YAST, no need to compile anything.

Thanks a lot antidrugue. I didn't know I had Konqueror. I started it from the command line, and when pointed to the file, it asked me for an application, so I installed kchmviewer with YaST, and the next time I pointed at the file, it poped up. I'm all set. Thanks a lot for your help and the help of others.