I managed to create a .deb file from a source program,tar.gz
how can i create an exe file so that the app can also run on windows?i’ve searched a lot but didnt manage to find any resources.
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I managed to create a .deb file from a source program,tar.gz
how can i create an exe file so that the app can also run on windows?i’ve searched a lot but didnt manage to find any resources.
If you want to run the program under Windows, you’ll need to re-compile it from source using a Windows compiler. How exactly to re-compile it will differ from program to program. Check the program’s documentation for details or ask its maintainer. “.deb” files and anything else related to Linux package managers have no meaning in Windows, so you’ll need to extract the source from the source .deb or pull it from the appropriate source repository.
Be aware that many Linux programs won’t build for Windows with a simple recompile alone. If they use any external libraries, then those libraries need to be available for Windows as well. The Cygwin environment may help here. If there isn’t already an official procedure for building that particular program under Windows, then you may have to do the porting work yourself (which is a large enough task that it’s well outside the scope of this question).