The procedure below documents how to install the IBM Tivoli client on the Ubuntu linux distribution. The steps involve unpacking the distributed RPMs, removing and renaming a few files in the resulting folders, and editing and adding a few configuration text files, followed by packaging .deb files for installation.
Adapted from http://adsm.org/forum/showthread.php?21143-How-To-Install-TSM-Client-552-on-Ubuntu-10.04-amd64
Current versions: IBM Tivoli 6.4.0 Ubuntu 12.10