Airport Utility 5.6 does not install on to OS 10.7.5

I am trying to setup my older model Airport Express A1084 so that it will work with my MacBook Pro.  I am currently running Mac OS X v. 10.7.5 and understand that I need to install Airport utility 5.6 on to my macbook in order to setup the Airport express.  Please let me know what I need to do to get this issue fixed.  Thank you.

Follow the instructions posted by forum expert Tesserax in this thread:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/21397085#21397085

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    Follow the instructions posted by forum expert Tesserax in this thread:
    https://discussions.apple.com/message/21397085#21397085

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