There should be a README file or an INSTALL file included with the driver you downloaded. Check that for instructions.
All drivers and most other programs that are Linux specific are written in C (or sometimes C++ if they are third party maybe) and so they need to be compiled into binary programs and installed. 99.8% of the time, there's a file containing instructions on how to build and install it.
I don't use Ubuntu, but typically, after extracting the archive containing the C code, you go into the folder where the code is, in a console and type 'make' and when that is done, type 'make install'. If there are absolutely no instructions on its usage, personally I wouldn't install it.
After successfully building and installing the driver, you may need to use the 'modprobe' command to insert (activate) the driver.
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