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wine — Run Windows executables on Unix-based systems. More information: <https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/win

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Problem

How to use the wine command: Run Windows executables on Unix-based systems. More information: <https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/wikis/Commands>.

Solution

wine — Run Windows executables on Unix-based systems. More information: <https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/wikis/Commands>.

Run a specific program inside the wine environment:

wine {{command}}

Run a specific program in background:

wine start {{command}}

Install/uninstall an MSI package:

wine msiexec /{{i|x}} {{path/to/package.msi}}

Run File Explorer, Notepad, or WordPad:

wine {{explorer|notepad|write}}

Run Registry Editor, Control Panel, or Task Manager:

wine {{regedit|control|taskmgr}}

Run the configuration tool:

wine winecfg

Code Snippets

Run a specific program inside the `wine` environment

wine {{command}}

Run a specific program in background

wine start {{command}}

Install/uninstall an MSI package

wine msiexec /{{i|x}} {{path/to/package.msi}}

Run `File Explorer`, `Notepad`, or `WordPad`

wine {{explorer|notepad|write}}

Run `Registry Editor`, `Control Panel`, or `Task Manager`

wine {{regedit|control|taskmgr}}

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tldr-pages: linux/wine

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