diff --git a/icu4c/debian/changelog b/icu4c/debian/changelog
index 936dca08617..bdf0545b60e 100644
--- a/icu4c/debian/changelog
+++ b/icu4c/debian/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
+icu (1.6.0.1-20001025-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Move architecture-dependent files into /usr/lib, instead of
+    /usr/share.
+  * Move convrtrs.txt into /etc/icu, make it a conffile, and generate
+    /usr/lib/icu/1.6.0.1/cnvalias.dat from it at postinst time.
+
+ -- Yves Arrouye <yves@debian.org>  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 16:14:22 -0700
+
 icu (1.6.0.1-20001017-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Initial Release.
 
- -- Yves Arrouye <yves@debian.org>  Tue, 17 Oct 2000 10:28:17 -0700
+ -- Yves Arrouye <yves@debian.org>  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 16:14:12 -0700
 
 Local variables:
 mode: debian-changelog
diff --git a/icu4c/debian/icu.postinst.in b/icu4c/debian/icu.postinst.in
index 3ae9df789ab..27df64566ed 100644
--- a/icu4c/debian/icu.postinst.in
+++ b/icu4c/debian/icu.postinst.in
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ case "$1" in
 	# use the right directory. But we're not taking chances with the
 	# future :)
 
-	ICU_DATA=@datadir@/@PACKAGE@/@VERSION@
+	ICU_DATA=@libdir@/@PACKAGE@/@VERSION@
 	export ICU_DATA
 
-	if test ! -f $ICU_DATADIR/cnvalias.dat -o @sysconfdir@/icu/convrtrs.txt -nt $ICU_DATADIR/cnvalias.dat
+	if test ! -f $ICU_DATA/cnvalias.dat -o @sysconfdir@/icu/convrtrs.txt -nt $ICU_DATA/cnvalias.dat
 	then
 	    echo Compiling converters and aliases list from @sysconfdir@/icu/convrtrs.txt
 	    /usr/sbin/gencnval @sysconfdir@/icu/convrtrs.txt
diff --git a/icu4c/debian/icu.prerm.in b/icu4c/debian/icu.prerm.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..150eb200b44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/icu4c/debian/icu.prerm.in
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+# prerm script for foo
+#
+# see: dh_installdeb(1)
+
+set -e
+
+# summary of how this script can be called:
+#        * <prerm> `remove'
+#        * <old-prerm> `upgrade' <new-version>
+#        * <new-prerm> `failed-upgrade' <old-version>
+#        * <conflictor's-prerm> `remove' `in-favour' <package> <new-version>
+#        * <deconfigured's-prerm> `deconfigure' `in-favour'
+#          <package-being-installed> <version> `removing'
+#          <conflicting-package> <version>
+# for details, see /usr/share/doc/packaging-manual/
+
+case "$1" in
+    remove|upgrade|deconfigure)
+	prefix=@prefix@
+
+	# Set ICU_DATA for ease of testing files. It is not necessary to
+	# export it as we are guaranteed that the binaries we invoke will
+	# use the right directory. But we're not taking chances with the
+	# future :)
+
+	ICU_DATA=@libdir@/@PACKAGE@/@VERSION@
+	export ICU_DATA
+    
+	rm -f $ICU_DATA/cnvalias.dat
+        ;;
+    failed-upgrade)
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "prerm called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2
+        exit 0
+    ;;
+esac
+
+# dh_installdeb will replace this with shell code automatically
+# generated by other debhelper scripts.
+
+#DEBHELPER#
+
+exit 0
+
+
diff --git a/icu4c/debian/rules b/icu4c/debian/rules
index b6665091171..878e721b019 100755
--- a/icu4c/debian/rules
+++ b/icu4c/debian/rules
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ srcdir = source
 
 # ICU installation directories, w/o the initial slash
 icudatadir = usr/share/icu/$(version)
-datasrcdir = usr/share/icu/$(version)/src
+iculibdir = usr/lib/icu/$(version)
+datasrcdir = usr/share/icu/$(version)/data
 
 # shared library versions, option 1
 version:=$(shell sed -n 's/^[ 	]*\#[ 	]*define[ 	]*U_ICU_VERSION[ 	]*"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p' $(srcdir)/common/unicode/utypes.h)
@@ -108,19 +109,19 @@ binary-arch: build install debian/icu.conffiles debian/icu.postinst
 	# build icu package by moving files from icu-dev
 	#
 	dh_movefiles -picu \
-	    etc/icu \
+	    etc \
 	    usr/sbin \
-	    $(icudatadir)/*.cnv \
 	    $(icudatadir)/*.txt \
-	    $(icudatadir)/u*.dat \
-	    $(icudatadir)/tz.dat \
+	    $(iculibdir)/*.cnv \
+	    $(iculibdir)/u*.dat \
+	    $(iculibdir)/tz.dat \
 	    usr/share/man
-	rm debian/tmp/$(icudatadir)/cnvalias.dat
+	rm debian/tmp/$(iculibdir)/cnvalias.dat
 	#
 	# build icu-locales package by moving files from icu-dev
 	#
 	dh_movefiles -picu-locales \
-	    $(icudatadir)
+	    $(iculibdir)
 	#
 	# build icu-data from the source data
 	#
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ binary-arch: build install debian/icu.conffiles debian/icu.postinst
 	#
 	# do a bit of cleanup
 	#
-	rm -rf debian/tmp/usr/sbin \
+	rm -rf debian/tmp/etc debian/tmp/usr/sbin \
 	    debian/tmp/usr/share/icu/$(version) \
 	    debian/tmp/usr/share/man
 	#