The converter for deb to rpm and back is unmaintained and would not install and it's called Alien btw. Now there is nothing out there that does this.
There are so many great programs that need updated files like python and need the files that help install updated to the new updated support files since unless the original program was programmed only for a single version of python and it's not an install script it can be updated pretty fast by anyone with more knowledge than me.
I get the jist but don't have any formal computer education I just realize this and that are linked somehow and this script makes that part open when this piece is activated.
I wish I knew since my new hobby would be to update packages and then send and email to the original maintainer to either check my update and see if I missed anything and please sign it or takeover maintaining it myself.
My advice would be to try and install the package from source and then find out where the dependency problems are, and then what needs to be changed in the code to get it running / compiled. Usually simple programs don't need any changes to move forward.
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