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I am not going to go into <u>painful</u> detail how to install these types of files (I "shudder" just anticipating the problems that you may encounter). Mainly the problems will relate to the wrong rpm or deb file for your version of Linux, or a dependency problem. A dependency problem means that the application that you are installing relies on some other software (or updated software version) that isn't currently installed on your system.
I would recommend keeping with the ''Synaptic Package Manager'' to install software, but if you are determined to install software the manual way, here is a link to a resource that may provide help:[http://linuxondesktop.blogspot.com/2006/08/installing-applications-under-linux.html Other Software Install Methods in Linux]