How to read CHM files on Linux, convert it to PDF
Follow @ggarronCHM files are a html help files used by microsoft, and others to provide help files
From Wikipedia:
"Microsoft Compiled HTML Help is a proprietary format for online help files, developed by Microsoft and first released in 1997 as a successor to the Microsoft WinHelp format. It was first introduced with the release of Windows 98, and is still supported and distributed through Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 platforms"
But, how to read them in Linux?
There are some options, the one I like the most is. Converting it to PDF.
What you will need is: chm2pdf, that you can download from: Google Code.
You will then have to install the dependencies:
- chmlib
- pychm
- htmldoc
and then unpack the code and install it by running:
tar -xvzf [the downloaded file]
sudo python setup.py install
But if you are running Arch Linux you will be able to install it using yaourt.
yaourt chm2pdf
Then to convert your CHM files to PDF run:
chm2pdf --book [the chm file to convert]