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So I have now installed Ubuntu XFCE on my Chromebook and can switch between the two operating systems. How can I open and run .exe files on the XFCE interface. Thanks for replies :D

How to open EXE files on Chromebook | Install Wine Chromebook?

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How to open EXE files on Chromebook with Wine

Executable Windows applications are exclusive to Windows 10 operating systems and therefore when trying to run them on other systems an error will appear. This is due to the file system of each system, to use any of these .exe applications on systems other than Linux, special software is needed. Chromebook is a Chrome based system so naturally it is not compatible with Windows applications. If you need to install an .exe application there on Chromebook, we will use Wine for this purpose and TechnoWikis will explain how to achieve it..

 

Wine (Wine Is Not an Emulator) is an application with which a layer is created that allows an operating system not compatible with Windows to be able to install Windows' own applications (.exe). It is normal that 100% of the applications cannot be installed and sometimes the performance is not as expected, but it is a good option to consider for this type of task.

 

 

Let's see how to install Wine on Chromebook and open exe files..

 

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How to open EXE files on Chromebook with Wine

 

Step 1

We are going to:
  • Start
  • Setting

 

 

 

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Step 2

Then we go to the "Linux (Beta)" section and validate that the terminal is enabled:

 

 

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Step 3

Now from the search engine we go to "Linux Apps" and there we select the terminal:

 

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Step 4

The first step in the terminal will be to add the 32-bit architecture to the system, for this we execute:
 sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 

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Step 5

After this, we are going to download the Wine key and:
 wget -nc https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key 

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Step 6

We add it to the system:
 sudo apt-key add winehq.key 

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Step 7

We install the nano text editor:
 sudo apt install nano 

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Step 8

Once nano is installed, we are going to execute the following lines:
 sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/debian/ buster main deb https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine:/Debian/Debian_10 ./ 

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Step 9

We save the changes using the following key combination:

 

Ctrl + O

 

We leave the editor using:

 

Ctrl + X

 

 

Step 10

We add the Ubuntu key:
 sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys DFA175A75104960E 

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Step 11

We update the system:
 sudo apt update 

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Step 12

Now we are going to install the stable version of Wine with the following command. We enter the letter y to confirm the process.
 sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable 

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Step 13

Once Wine has been installed, we are going to configure it with the following command:
 winecfg 

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Step 14

The configuration process starts:

 

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Step 15

This will display a series of required plugins:

 

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Step 16

We click on "Install" in each of them so that they are downloaded and installed:

 

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Step 17

Once this process has finished, the following will be displayed:

 

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Step 18

There we can go through each of the tabs to configure Wine as necessary:

 

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Step 19

We can configure the graphics:

 

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Step 20

Go to units:

 

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Step 21

After this we are going to download the executable file and save it locally on Chromebook:

 

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Step 22

We right click on the downloaded file and select "Copy":

 

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Step 23

We go to the option "Linux Files" and paste it there:

 

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Step 24

Now we go back to the terminal and there we execute the following syntax:
 wine file.exe 

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Step 25

Press Enter and after a moment the installation wizard of the .exe application will open:

 

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Step 26

We configure each of its parameters:

 

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Step 27

When the installation is complete we see that everything is correct:

 

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With this method it is practical to install the necessary Windows applications, .exe applications, on Chromebook, but always keeping in mind that not all of them will run in the same way as on a Windows 10 computer since Wine acts as an intermediary between Chromebook and .exe .

 


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I can't find the "linux *beta*" setting in settings, however.
I get all the way to step 12 and then linux says the stable can't be found... i notice there are only 17 apps available for upgrade not 36 how can i fix this?
Usually not at all, since Linux is a Unix derivative, i.e. a different operating system. If the file extension is "com", "exe", "bat", "cmd", these are executable files under MS Windows.

In Linux, there is usually nothing in the case of executable files, but a so-called "X bit" must be set in the file permissions in order to mark a file as executable.

Apart from a Windows emulation under Linux, you cannot run this exe file in this operating system.
Update your Chromebook to beta

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