Win-Get Is An Apt-Get Like Package Manager For Windows And WINE

Note: this application works on Windows too (obviously), however I'm only going to talk about installing and using it in Linux, using WINE.

Win-Get is a automatic software installer and package manager for Windows inspired by apt-get. Using win-get, you can install packages in WINE just like with apt-get:

win-get install firefox vlc

It also supports other apt-get like commands such as:

win-get search APPLICATION
win-get update

And so on.

If the installer of your application supports it, win-get can even install your application automatically, so you don't have to click through the setup wizard.

You can see a complete list of applications which you can install using Win-Get (the Win-Get repository), HERE.

How To Install Win-Get in Linux

To download and install Win-Get, simply run the following commands in a terminal:

cd ~/.wine/drive_c/windows
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/win-get/win-get/0.1.2/win-get-0.1.2.zip?use_mirror=kent
unzip win-get-0.1.2.zip
cd win-get-0.1.2/
chmod +x win-get.exe

Now, to be able to use Win-Get as easy as... win-get, you must create a file in your bin folder and paste a simple line of code. Create the file using the following command:

sudo gedit /usr/local/bin/win-get &

And paste this inside the newly created file:

#!/bin/bash
wine ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/win-get-0.1.2/win-get.exe $@

Then make the newly created file executable:

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/win-get

That's it!


When running Win-Get for the first time, update the repository:

win-get update

Then you can try to install some applications.



If you want to manually download Win-Get, see HERE.

Many thanks to U8UNTU eLXER!