If you need to run a Windows application but you are using Linux, you don’t need to reboot your PC and expose it to virus on Windows, or to use a virtualization solution, because you could try to run your Windows application on Linux using Wine.
What’s Wine?
It’s a Windows system calls implementation, so programs that runs on Windows can work on Unix-like systems (Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, Mac OS X, among others).
Installing Wine
On Debian and spin-offs, as root you can type the following command to install Wine on your system:
aptitude install wine
How does it work?
As easy as clicking on the app you want to run or install. You can also right-click on your app and select “Open with Wine”. As an example I installed the classic HP48GX emulator (now it also emulates HP49G y HP50G) using Wine:
Abrir con Wine
Once you have selected “Open with Wine” an installing dialog window will pop up as it would occur on Windows:
After installation, a launcher for the app would be created on the Applications menu, i.e. Applications > Other > Emu48, as shown here:
Finally, the emulator I installed runs normally as if it were running on Windows. Let’s see how looks the app:
Unsintalling Windows applications
Although the applications comes with an uninstaller program, you better use Wine’s uninstaller because it uninstall the application and also delete the launcher it created on your desktop manager’s menu. In order to run the uninstaller go to Applications > System > Wine uninstaller, where you can select the application from the following window:
Will my X or Y application run?
If you want to know if a particular application will work with Wine you can check out the application compatibility list on the project’s web page, or try to install it and test it 
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