How to import from iPhoto 2 to iPhoto 5

Hi all,
I wish to import my iPhoto 2 library to my other mac which has iPhoto 5. Is it as simply as moving my iPhoto 2 library folder to my other macs Pictures folder? Are there any issues I should be aware of?
Thanks

What kind of a merge? Do you just want to import the images or do you want to keep keywords, albums, comments etc.
Importing the images is pretty quick and straightforward. Keeping the albums and metadata is harder and I don't know about merging a version 2 with a version 5 library. Of course you can upgrade the version 2 to version 5 then do the merge with a program called iPhoto Library Manager.
iPhoto Library Manager
iPhoto Library Manager documentation
there is also some kind of a disk image method that was posted recently in the forums. I have not tried any of the methods as I only have one library.
How many images are in the version 2 library?
Are there any images in the version 2 that are in the version 5 library?

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