How To Install xchm on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xchm
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is xchm
xchm is:
xCHM is a viewer for Compiled HTML Help (CHM) files. It can show the contents tree if one is available, print the current page and do the usual history stunts. It allows one to change fonts and search for text in all the pages of the file, or in the page’s titles.
xCHM does not support JavaScript in books.
There are three methods to install xchm
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install xchm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xchm
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xchm
Install xchm Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xchm
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xchm
Install xchm Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install xchm
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xchm
How To Uninstall xchm on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the xchm
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xchm
Uninstall xchm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xchm
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xchm
Remove xchm Configurations and Data
To remove xchm
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xchm
Remove xchm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xchm
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xchm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xchm
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.