CDE desktop 1.1 on 2.5.1

Hello
I'm attempting to install CDE on Solaris 2.5.1 on an x86, but there seems to be an error in the installation script - install-cde. the error from the shell is "unexpected "else": line 2343". I checked the script, and the function LoadLocale seems to have been muffed. A portion of a case statement is repeated a few times and then the script just seems to end abruptly. this is stuff from 1995, around August I think.
Do you have any reference to this problem?
thanks,
John

I found this document on SUN's internal database. Based on that the
CDE 1.1 is an internal version, and should not be used by customer.
You may want to try CDE 1.0.1 for your 2.5.1 system.
Hope this helps. Thx.
====
SYNOPSIS: CDE versions and Solaris versions
DETAIL DESCRIPTION:
CDE version status and version of Solaris that supports it
CDE 1.0 no longer supported.
CDE 1.0.1 only supported on Solaris 2.4 and Solaris 2.5.
          It will most likely work okay with Solaris 2.5.1, for
          example, if you had CDE 1.0.1 and just upgraded OS to 2.5.1
          or if you are doing a remote mount from a Solaris 2.5 system.
          However, this is not supported, ie. you can't escalate an
          issue for Solaris 2.5.1 and CDE 1.0.1.
CDE 1.0.2 supported on Solaris 2 (version 2.4 or later) operating
environment (from CDE distribution page).Bundled
with Solaris 2.5.1.
CDE 1.1 This will not be released to customers. It is for internal
use only. And it will really only be supported on Solaris
2.5.1 as far as patches are concerned.
CDE 1.2          bundled with Solaris 2.6 and only supported on 2.6. Cannot
          be used with any other OS release. And you cannot use
          earlier versions of CDE with Solaris 2.6.
Solaris Desktop "early-access release of CDE 1.3." Contains many features
Extension 1.0 of CDE 1.3, but is not true CDE 1.3. May be used with
(SDX, SDE, Solaris 2.6, but the user runs the risk of having problems
SolarEZ) when applying CDE 1.2 patches to SDE packages. Not
supported for any version of Solaris except 2.6.
CDE 1.3 bundled with Solaris 7 and only supported on Solaris 7.
Cannot be used with any other OS release. And you cannot
use earlier versions of CDE with Solaris 7.
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