This may be a much simpler fix than patching every single mention
of support_files, but I'm not sure what else this function is used
to find?

--- a/qiime/util.py
+++ b/qiime/util.py
@@ -302,8 +302,9 @@ def get_qiime_project_dir():
     # Get the directory containing util.py
     current_dir_path = dirname(current_file_path)
     # Return the directory containing the directory containing util.py
-    return dirname(current_dir_path)
-    
+    # In Debian what we actually want is /usr/lib/[qiime]
+    return "/usr/lib"
+
 def get_qiime_scripts_dir():
     """ Returns the QIIME scripts directory 
     
