Now you have a Windows compatibility environment inside your Linux system. You can skip the “DEB” part entirely if you just want to use the application.
The primary tool for this job is (Wine Is Not an Emulator), which translates Windows API calls into Linux POSIX calls. Part 2: Prerequisites – Setting Up Your System You will need a Debian-based system (Debian, Ubuntu, Pop!_OS, Linux Mint, etc.) with administrative privileges (sudo). Step 2.1: Install Wine Open a terminal and run: how to convert exe to deb
Package: myapp-wine Version: 1.0-1 Section: non-free/utils Priority: optional Architecture: all Maintainer: Your Name <you@example.com> Depends: wine (>= 6.0) Description: Windows application packaged for Linux via Wine This package allows you to run myapp.exe using Wine. From the directory containing myapp-wine , run: Now you have a Windows compatibility environment inside
That process is called packaging Windows software for Linux using a compatibility layer . Part 2: Prerequisites – Setting Up Your System
sudo apt install winetricks wine --version You should see something like wine-8.0 or newer.
fakeroot dpkg-deb --build myapp-wine You will get a file named myapp-wine.deb . sudo dpkg -i myapp-wine.deb If you have dependency issues:
#!/bin/bash # Find the directory where this script is located DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$BASH_SOURCE[0]")" && pwd)" # Use Wine to launch the exe wine /opt/myapp-wine/myapp.exe "$@" Make it executable: