How do I use it as the application to open the .exe?
Wine itself doesn't have a GUI to launch applications. You need to make a command to launch it. The command then can be used from the terminal, or to create a program launcher. The pattern is:
wine path-to-exe-file
The wine package installed from the repos installs programs somewhere in the folder ~/.wine/drive_c/
Here is an example of a command to launch a program:
Code:
wine /home/dmn/.wine/drive_c/'Program Files (x86)'/'Parsons Technology'/'Family Origins'/FOWin32.exe
Linux doesn't like spaces in the path, so you put quotes around any folder name in the path containing a space.
For Ubuntu, if you want to create a launcher with an icon that will appear in the applications menu or activities screen search, you make a .desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications for your program. A menu editor can be used for this. Sometimes, the installation process also makes a menu launcher, but don't count on it.
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