How to run exe file in Ubuntu

Question

Is it possible to run a .exe file in Ubuntu in a script? For example a simple Matlab code like this:

system("dir/WAV2RAW.exe")

If the .exe file is a windows executeable, you can't run it directly in Ubuntu (or other Linux's). Either you should install Wine and run it through that, or find a utility in Ubuntu that does the same as the windows one. — Soren A, Jan 24 '18 at 08:56
Could be a slight case of the XY-problem (https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66377/what-is-the-xy-problem)... If you want to convert a wav-file to raw PCM data for processing in Matlab, you could use a linux-tool like sox instead: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9383576/how-to-convert-16bit-wav-to-raw-audio — Manawyrm, Jan 24 '18 at 10:57
Is WAV2RAW.exe the only EXE program you want to run, or do you have several other DOS / Windows / .NET programs? — dcorking, Jan 24 '18 at 11:25
I'm relatively sure that Matlab (and its open-source clone Octave) have native functions to parse WAVE headers and data as well as to write raw PCM data since I used them in the past. Those would obviate the need for an external conversion application unless the PCM data doesn't fit into main memory. — David Foerster, Jan 24 '18 at 12:48

N0rbert · Answer 1 · 2018-01-24T11:00:57.173

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I think you should use Wine.

sudo apt-get install wine
wine dir/WAV2RAW.exe

Or Mono if you know that exe is .NET application:

sudo apt install mono-runtime
mono dir/WAV2RAW.exe

edited Jan 24 '18 at 11:00

answered Jan 24 '18 at 08:53

N0rbert

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You don't need to chmod. Besides that, it's worth noting that not all software runs under wine. YMMV. – el.pescado - нет войне Jan 24 '18 at 10:35
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You seem to have added the chmod line according to my comment. However, I think it is only necessary if you want to run the .exe file directly, i.e. without prepending wine to the command line – like OP wants to. I haven’t tested it with Wine but it behaves this way with .NET exe files (mono my.exe or chmod +x my.exe && ./my.exe) or even shell scripts (sh script.sh or chmod +x script.sh && ./script.sh). – Melebius Jan 24 '18 at 10:36
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@Melebius that works because Wine registers itself in binfmts when installed from the official Ubuntu package. – Ruslan Jan 24 '18 at 10:38
Recent Ubuntu editions seem to want sudo apt-get install wine-stable – LondonRob Jan 06 '22 at 16:58
No, wine-stable is 3.0.1, so old; while wine is synonym of wine-development thus 5.0.3 is newer. – N0rbert Jan 06 '22 at 17:04

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 24 '18 at 14:22

As mentioned in the comments this may be an XY problem

You could use 'sox' to convert from raw to wav file types:

sudo apt install sox

will install the program, then

sox --type raw <infile> --type wav <outfile>

would perform a simple conversion from the raw to wav formats

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