Linux Client To Manage Packages Within Wine Bottles

[trymeouteh]

I just wanted to suggest an idea. Weather WingetUI wants to make a Linux client or if someone wants to make a client like this...

I am mainly a Linux user and Wine is a very useful tool. But the best way to install software is with a package manager. Package managers are something new in Windows and for years, Wine users just went to the software website and downloaded the EXE and set it up.

However with Windows starting to use package managers, more Windows software will rely on package managers. Wine however is best used with several wine bottles for each Windows application.

I would be something to see a Linux client similar to WingetUI but is built for Linux which manages Window packages within different wine bottles and can update the packages inside each wine bottle. This way the package manager can run in the background and ensure your windows application within each wine bottle is up to date even if you do not use the Windows applications often by not running Wine daily.

Also by having a native linux client to do this, no need to worry about the package manager to work with every version of wine and no need to install the package manager in every single bottle to install and update the software in that wine bottle.

How it will work is that you will add wine bottle directories to your package manager and the package manager will manage the packages in each wine bottle directory. And to install each package if it requires windows simulation, it will run the simulation with the wine version of the wine bottle it is working in,

I would recommend releasing such a package manager as an AppImage and Flatpak and having it run in the system tray just like WingetUI.