Trying to install WSPR to Ubuntu 12.04

Here is what I get...

dan@acer-ub:~$ sudo dpkg --instdir=. -i wspr_2.11r2263_i386.deb
[sudo] password for dan:
(Reading database ... 278012 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace wspr 2.01r2254 (using wspr_2.11r2263_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement wspr ...
Setting up wspr (2.01r2254) ...
dan@acer-ub:~$ ./wspr
bash: ./wspr: No such file or directory
dan@acer-ub:~$ cd WSPR
dan@acer-ub:~/WSPR$ ./wspr
******************************************************************
WSPR Version 2.11_r2254, by K1JT
Run date: Sat Dec 28 13:52:43 2013 UTC
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "wspr.py", line 53, in
w.acom1.appdir=(appdir+(' '*80))[:80]
ValueError: could not convert string to float: /home/dan/WSPR

any help with this issue would be appreciated

Dan KC2STA