Mac says there is no default application to install shockwave 11

i have been trying to install the new version of the shockwave 11 player for my imac. i have installed it onto my desktop, but now that i double click on it it opens a window telling me that theres no default application specified to open the document. its a pkg file. how am i supposed to install this onto my imac?

Is this an Intel or PPC iMac? If an Intel Mac go here for the Intel version.
Select the .pkg file and press COMMAND-I to open the Get Info window. In the Open With section select Installer from the drop down menu then click on the Change All button.

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