To install rpms on ubuntu (a debian based system), you can use the alien package converter. At the command line, first get alien using apt-get, and then use alien on the rpm.
Code:
$ sudo apt-get install alien
$ sudo alien -k name-of-rpm-file.rpm
Then install it as you would any .deb package.
Note however, that this method is experimental, buggy, and should not be done on system libraries, modules, etc.
EDIT: Oops, too late, answered when I wasn't looking.