If you would like to use these binaries on non-Debian systems, you can: 1) mv <.deb file> /tmp && cd /tmp 2) ar x <.deb file> 3) cd / && tar zxf /tmp/data.tar.gz (as root) Of course, you will not have the benefit of package maintenance. Alternatively, you can use the program 'alien' to convert the .deb file to .rpm format.