chmod +x myapp-wine/usr/local/bin/run-myapp So the app appears in your Linux application menu. Create myapp-wine/usr/share/applications/myapp.desktop :

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:

The short answer is: They are fundamentally different architectures.

#!/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: