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Installing Wine in Kali Linux
In this chapter, we will learn how to extend the functionality of our Kali Linux environment by adding the capability to install Windows tools within Kali using Wine.
We will look at the following topics in this chapter:
- What Wine is and the advantages of using it in Kali Linux
- Installing Wine
- Testing our Wine installation
Let’s begin by looking at Wine and its advantages.
What Wine is and the advantages of using it in Kali Linux
Wine is commonly, but mistakenly, referred to as a Windows Emulator, but as stated on the official website, it was initially known as Wine Is Not an Emulator, hence the acronym. Wine allows non-Windows users to run certain Windows applications on Portable Operating System Interface ...
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