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In Linux we can run Windows software by using wine. I want the exact opposite, I want to run Linux software in Windows. Is it possible? If yes, how? I don't want visualization or virtual box I want something only wine like. simply in short, how to run .deb file into Windows.

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    This isn't really a question about Ubuntu: the nearest equivalent is probably Cygwin Jul 3, 2015 at 14:53
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    Wine Is Not an Emulator
    – blade19899
    Jul 3, 2015 at 14:55
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    Wait until I get home, then I'll post an in depth answer...
    – blade19899
    Jul 3, 2015 at 14:57
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    Could you please tell us what you want to run in Windows?
    – nixpower
    Jul 3, 2015 at 15:12
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    You question is not general it's hypothetical. A lot of Free Software available in Ubuntu can run on other platforms than Linux, including Windows. You really need to be more specific here.
    – LiveWireBT
    Jul 3, 2015 at 17:27

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For Linux terminal commands, there is this.

For full apps, you can install Ubuntu under VirtualBox, and run it in seamless mode.

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Cooperative Linux is the first working free and open source method for optimally running Linux on Microsoft Windows natively.

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  • I want something like wine in windows. virtual box is not need or not want. something which is run like wine. Jul 3, 2015 at 16:15
  • @MadhavNikam There is no Wine for Windows, the closest is Cygwin and you wouldn't even know that you are running it like for example in InfraRecorder. You don't seem to understand what Wine is and what it does, what the term Free Software defines and how the community around it works (providing ports for Windows in some cases), also you wouldn't know what to do with a full blown Cygwin installation and porting to Windows is safe to be considered off-topic here. Without an example your question is just hypothetical.
    – LiveWireBT
    Jul 3, 2015 at 17:48
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Portable Ubuntu Remix:

Download site

This project consist in a portable image of Ubuntu that could run in Windows as a native win32 application. You could execute Linux applications and integrate it in your Windows desktop. This system can be bringing in any removable device such as pendrive.

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The general answer is "you can't". To my knowledge there isn't a set of libraries that would allow an unmodified Ubuntu binary to run under Windows, similar to what WINE does.

The specific answer depending on what you want to run and how you want to run it would be:

  1. You can run cywgin, which will give you many command-line utilities similar to what exists under Linux. Note that this is not really "running Linux software in Windows" since the applications are recompiled and Windows-native, plus they're not Linux-exclusive. They're usually distributed in the form of source code and you could compile them in any platform with the required toolset.
  2. You can run Ubuntu in a virtual machine hosted under Windows (VirtualBox, VMWare). This isn't really "running Linux software in Windows" - You're running full, virtualized Linux and running Linux software on Linux/Ubuntu.
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Give it a read , the following link hope it solves your problem http://www.howtogeek.com/170870/5-ways-to-run-linux-software-on-windows/

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  • Your answer qualifies as a link only answer, please include full instructions in your answer and note that the op didn't ask for virtualisation.
    – LiveWireBT
    Jul 3, 2015 at 17:33

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