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wine your-program.exe If it works, note the exact path where Wine creates its virtual C: drive ( ~/.wine/drive_c/ ). mkdir -p mypackage/DEBIAN mkdir -p mypackage/usr/local/bin mkdir -p mypackage/usr/share/applications mkdir -p mypackage/opt/myapp Step 3: Copy the EXE and Dependencies Copy your working EXE and any required DLLs into /opt/myapp inside the package folder. Step 4: Create a Launcher Script Inside mypackage/usr/local/bin/myapp , write: how to convert exe to deb link
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#!/bin/bash wine /opt/myapp/your-program.exe Make it executable: chmod +x mypackage/usr/local/bin/myapp In mypackage/usr/share/applications/myapp.desktop : | Windows EXE | Native Linux