If you downloaded those apps directly from your phone, you should grab Astro File Manager and install it on your phone. Then you can head into Downloads from your main app list, select the .rar files you downloaded, then--finally, then--tap each app package to install it. You'll be prompted to approve the permissions requested by Facebook and Home, and they are extensive. But if you're in for this kind of Facebook total awareness, you can tap "Allow" and proceed.
Load up Facebook and enter your Facebook credentials to log in. Then load up the app named "Home," and do as it suggests: set Facebook Home as the "Always" handler for every time you tap the Home button. Install and authorize Facebook Messenger, too, if you would like the Chatheads-style integration.
Play with Facebook Home, check out how it changes your Facebook experience, and enjoy Mark Zuckerberg's version of a "people-centered phone." If you get tired of it, or just want to switch to your standard launcher, you have two options: uninstall Facebook Home, or clear it out as the default handler for your Android home screen. To do that, head to Settings, then into Apps, scroll down to the Home app, tap it, and then tap the "Clear deafaults" button inside its settings.
I successfully installed Facebook Home on my Galaxy Nexus (Verizon version), and have seen others reporting successful installs on other phones and tablets. But your mileage may certainly vary. And, from my viewpoint, you're not quite missing out on the best thing happening if you can't get into Facebook Home just yet.
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