/WinUSB

WinUSB is a simple tool that enable you to create your own usb stick windows installer from an iso image or a real DVD.

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WinUSB

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_A Linux program to create Windows USB stick installer from a real Windows DVD or an image._

This package contains two programs:

  • WinUSB-gui: a simple tool that enable you to create your own usb stick windows installer from iso image or a real DVD.
  • winusb: the command line tool.

Supported images:

Windows Vista, Windows 7, Window 8, Windows 10. All languages and any version (home, pro...) and Windows PE are supported.

Installation

Acquire WinUSB's source code

Choose one of the following method:

  • Download and extract source code archive from GitHub
  • Cloning WinUSB's Git repository to local machine using git clone https://github.com/slacka/WinUSB.git

Install WinUSB's build dependencies

# For Ubuntu
$ sudo apt-get install devscripts equivs gdebi-core
$ cd <WinUSB source code directory>
$ mk-build-deps debian/control # NOTE: Currently due to Debian Bug #679101 this command will fail if source path contains spaces.
$ sudo gdebi winusb-build-deps_<version>_all.deb

# For Fedora
$ sudo dnf install wxGTK3-devel

Build and then install WinUSB

# For Ubuntu
$ dpkg-buildpackage -us -b
$ sudo gdebi ../winusb_<version>_<architecture>

# Generic
./configure
make
sudo make install

License

winusb is sold under GPL licence.