For daily use, always search for a native Linux alternative first. If none exists and the Windows app is critical, the Wine-wrapper method is a viable—but imperfect—solution. For developers, consider rewriting the tool for Linux instead of preserving a Windows dependency.
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: how to convert exe to deb
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: For daily use, always search for a native
cp myapp.exe myapp-wine/opt/myapp-wine/ cp *.dll myapp-wine/opt/myapp-wine/ # if needed Create a shell script that will use Wine to launch the app. Place it at myapp-wine/usr/local/bin/run-myapp . Package: myapp-wine Version: 1