Convert deb packages to rpm packages in Fedora

1. Download alien at http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/alien
2. su root
3. Extract package and cd to the directory.

   perl Makefile.PL; make; make install
   yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
   yum install rpmdevtools

4. su back to your normal user

   cd ~; rpmdev-setuptree

5. To convert (must be root):

   alien --to-rpm something.deb