Just out of curiosity, is it no longer possible to install java from the
sofware center (in the applications menu, I don't remember what it is
called) or synaptic? In older versions, I remember if you had selected "all
available applications" and searched for "java" you would get several
options, including Suns official package.


And to do that^^, I think you would right-click on the file, select
"Properties", click on the permissions tab, then check the box by "Execute"
(assuming 10.04 works the same as 9.1), then "close"

Also, I *think* you would be able to do the following in your teminal to
get the same effect:
--
cd /directory/of/downloaded/.bin
chmod +x newfile.bin
newfile.bin
--
where "newfile.bin" is the name of the file you want to install with. I've
never actually installed a .bin file, so I can't really comment on the error
you are getting...