install these packages first before installing the DEB

msttcorefonts libmotif3 libxaw6 libstdc++5




example launcher for your script of .desktop file

ibm5250 192.168.1.1 -title NiftyTitle -DISPLAY_NAME "MYDEVICEA MYDEVICEB MYDEVICEC MYDEVICED" -LANGID en_US



Notes on installing on 64 bit 
install these prerequisites as well
odbcinst1debian1 unixodbc

copy libXm.so.3 to /usr/lib32 dir

and Force the install using dpkg
$ sudo dpkg --force-architecture -i iseriesaccess_6.1.0-2_i386.deb 



on 9.10 I had to install

libmotif3 libxaw7 msttcorefonts

and copy the libXm.so.3 and libstdc++.so.5 files to my /usr/lib32 dir


and use 
$ sudo dpkg --force-all -i iseriesaccess*deb