Question: Can dpkg relocate package

[Soraia Paz <sopaz@cisco.com>]

Hi,

	I'm converting Redhat .rpm to Debian .deb. I was wondering if dpkg allows 
you to relocate a package
at install time. Something similar to RPMs --prefix? If not how does dpkg 
work? Does it just install where
ever you put it or based on the directory structure when the package was 
first created?

Thanks