Can't load / open itunes after lion install, help

i justed purchased a used mac mini 2.26 ghz intel core 2 duo with 2gb.  the prior owner updated the os Mac OS X Lion vesion 10.7 prior to me buying.  I cannot open Itunes and I have received different error messages upon different attempts.  they range from : Reason: unsafe use of executable path in /a;;ications/ituens.app/contents/macos/ituens with restricted binary" - got this with a 10.3 download of itunes, to "check system to see if itunes is compatible with this version of Mac OS - got that one with 10.5 download.
I have also tried downloading the software under a guest admin as well as a root user as mentioned in other threads, all to no avail.  Am i missing something, has apple come up with a fix, do i need to go buy a full version of the OS and do a reinstall?  very frustrating for my attempt to get a Mac to see how i like them before plunking down 2k on a full blow imac.
any help would be appreciated.

i notice that when i attempt a download and install and get another error message, when i go to itunes and do a command i (to get to the itunes software summary), it shows the isntall date as July 19, 2011.  apparatnly i am not deleting itunes fully as it seems to go back to the July 19 install when viewing the software.  new to mac and file system, why is this happening? maybe this is part of the problem

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