Can't install  updates

After the last Quicktime update, yesterday's Pro App update could not be installed: "The update … could not be installed. Software Update could not unpack the package correctly."
This has never happened before - since my Mac OS 7 days.
A look into the log files showed a Software Update crash:
Report Version: 4
Command: Software Update
Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/Software Update.app/Contents/MacOS/Software Update
Parent: Software Update [6866]
Version: 2.0.8 (2.0.8)
PID: 6881
Thread: 0
Exception: EXC_BREAKPOINT (0x0006)
Code[0]: 0x00000001
Code[1]: 0x92bcf1cc
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 com.apple.Foundation 0x92bcf1cc -[NSConcreteTask launchWithDictionary:] + 1900
1 ...le.SoftwareUpdate.framework 0x98a8e04c +[SUTarball untarFile:toDestination:] + 260
2 ...le.SoftwareUpdate.framework 0x98a8dd2c +[SUTarball pkgPathByExpandingSUTarball:destination:returningError:] + 344
3 ...le.SoftwareUpdate.framework 0x98a8fafc -[SUSession(MainThread) _expandAndVerifyOnePackageRefSync:fromProduct:] + 264
4 ...le.SoftwareUpdate.framework 0x98a8fdec -[SUSession(MainThread) _downloadAndVerifyAllProductsSync:] + 360
5 ...le.SoftwareUpdate.framework 0x98a90738 -[SUSession(MainThread) _sessionMain:] + 204
6 com.apple.Foundation 0x92be11a0 forkThreadForFunction + 108
7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002c0a8 pthreadbody + 96
Thread 0 crashed with PPC Thread State 64:
srr0: 0x0000000092bcf1cc srr1: 0x100000000202f030 vrsave: 0x0000000000000000
cr: 0x24008474 xer: 0x0000000000000000 lr: 0x0000000092bcf1cc ctr: 0x0000000092bbe204
r0: 0x0000000092bcf1cc r1: 0x00000000f0509710 r2: 0x0000000005067000 r3: 0x00000000a2bdfb88
r4: 0x0000000090a50ff0 r5: 0x0000000092bbd7e4 r6: 0x00000000f0509344 r7: 0x00000000000000ff
r8: 0x00000000f0509330 r9: 0x0000000006406110 r10: 0x0000000090a3f628 r11: 0x0000000022008472
r12: 0x0000000092bbe204 r13: 0x00000000a2bbea60 r14: 0x0000000006c667e0 r15: 0x0000000006437860
r16: 0x0000000006a72680 r17: 0x0000000006c7ee60 r18: 0x0000000006c6d380 r19: 0x00000000a2bdea60
r20: 0x00000000a2bdea60 r21: 0x00000000a2bdea60 r22: 0x00000000f0509750 r23: 0x0000000006c66020
r24: 0x00000000a2bdea60 r25: 0x0000000006c7ede0 r26: 0x0000000000000000 r27: 0x0000000000000100
r28: 0x00000000f0509758 r29: 0x00000000018a8044 r30: 0x0000000000000008 r31: 0x0000000092bcea60
iMac G5/2/2000/250   Mac OS X (10.4.8)   Newton rocks! (Mine still does.)

This may be due to an incomplete download of the install files. I suggest running the Disk Utility to repair the file permissions, then attempting the update again.
If that fails you may be able to download the installer from the apple web site.

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