Package: myapp Version: 1.0 Architecture: all Maintainer: Your Name <you@example.com> Depends: wine Description: Windows app packaged for Linux Runs myapp.exe using Wine
mkdir -p myapp/DEBIAN mkdir -p myapp/usr/local/bin mkdir -p myapp/usr/share/applications mkdir -p myapp/opt/myapp how to convert exe to deb
Run update-desktop-database and check .desktop file permissions ( 644 ). Package: myapp Version: 1
This document describes methods to package a Windows .exe into a Debian .deb package. Two common use cases are (1) wrapping the .exe to install and run under Wine, and (2) extracting files from a self-extracting .exe and packaging those as native files. Steps include preparing filesystem layout, creating control metadata, packaging scripts, building the .deb, and testing. Steps include preparing filesystem layout
Before attempting a conversion, always check if a native Linux version exists. Repackaging:
Converting an (Windows Executable) directly into a (Debian/Ubuntu Software Package) is not possible
Some tools claim to convert EXE to DEB: