How do I transfer an iPhoto '09 library back to iPhoto '08

Got new MacBook pro with OSX 10.6 and iPhoto '09 - nice setup BUT my desktop is a G5 PPC single processor 2.56Ghz running 10.5.8 and iPhoto '08 -- now my laptop iPhoto library is not available to my desktop where all my other iPhoto libraries are:
Can I transfer iPhoto '09 library back to iPhoto '08 library somehow?
Or is there a way I can install iPohot '08 on the MacBook Pro?
Any way I can just update my PPC G5 to iPhoto '09 without having to buy and then trash Garageband, iWeb and iMovie which I do not use nor want?
Any answer or other suggestion would be appreciated. Thanks

Look in your Applications folder for the iPhoto application. Drag it back into the Dock. If it's not there and you can't find it on your HD you'll need to reinstall it from the disk it came on.
If you have iPhoto 8.1 on your HD try launching it with the Command+Option keys depressed so you can get the rebuild window with the options listed.
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Select the last three options and rebuild.
If you can't get to that point in iPhoto rebuild the library with iPhoto Library Manager as follows:
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
1 -Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
2 -Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your User/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
3 - Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File->Rebuild Library menu option
4 - In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
5 - Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments but not books, calendars or slideshows. The original library will be untouched for further attempts at fixing or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.

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