How to view/ convert Windows Meta File (.wmf) in Linux

.wmf image files do not open on Linux. However, installing the following allows conversion of the same to other viewable formats.

libwmf-bin

Steps:

1. On ubuntu, apt-get will install this.
sudo apt-get install libwmf-bin

2. After this, following will convert the file to other formats

convert file.wmf file.png
OR
convert file.wmf file.jpg

Now the file.jpg or file.png file can be easily opened in Gimp or any other tool.