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1)Get the packages required for converting the rpm package.
sudo apt-get install alien dpkg-dev debhelper build-essential zlib1g-dev

2)Get and install libXp6.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:zeehio/libxp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libxp6

3) Extract the contents of the Maya installation package and change directory to its install/Packages directory.