A Debian package is an ar archive containing control and data tarballs. For a simple Wine-wrapped app, layout inside the package (installed root) typically:
mkdir yourpackage cd yourpackage
To run the EXE within your new package, the system must have Wine: sudo apt install wine 2. Create the Directory Structure You need to mimic a Linux file system: mkdir -p my-package/DEBIAN mkdir -p my-package/usr/bin mkdir -p my-package/usr/share/applications 3. Create the Control File In the DEBIAN folder, create a file named control and add: how to convert exe to deb
Create myapp/usr/local/bin/myprogram :
, a compatibility layer that allows Windows applications to run directly on Linux. How it works A Debian package is an ar archive containing
Make the script executable:
dpkg-deb --build "$NAME"