Try to install the alien package from the debian armel repositories:

alien - Convert or install an alien binary package

SYNOPSIS
alien [--to-deb] [--to-rpm] [--to-tgz] [--to-slp] [options] file [...]

DESCRIPTION
alien is a program that converts between Red Hat rpm, Debian deb, Stampede slp, Slackware
tgz, and Solaris pkg file formats. If you want to use a package from another linux
distribution than the one you have installed on your system, you can use alien to convert it
to your preferred package format and install it. It also supports LSB packages.