There are so many users recently switched in kali Linux from Windows and they want to run Windows programs  in Kali Linux. So in this tutorial we will describe how to run Windows programs in Kali Linux

It turns out that with the help of a program called "Wine", you can  run Windows programs on Linux. And get this - "Wine" isn't even an emulator or virtual machine. So how does it work? its actually translates Windows API calls into POSIX calls on-the-fly. This means that you can say goodbye to the performance and memory penalties of other methods and say hello to clean and seamless integration of Windows applications into your desktop using wine. Mind blown yet? lets see how to install it on kali linux


first we need to install win32 package in to run wine properly

add architecture i386Add the Wine repository by following command

  1. sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
  2. sudo apt update
  3. sudo apt install wine32

it will take some time , press yes when you see a window like this



we can install wine using apt 

sudo apt install wine 


 

configuration wine window 

type winecfg to  edit wine setting 



Although we have the option to configure the Windows version, libraries, graphics, audio, and drivers, for the time being, for now we will keep these settings at their default values.


how to install .exe files in wine?

first download .exe file of your app

then type this comand to install it
wine <.exe name>


This is how we can install and  run .exe file in our Kali Linux system