HT1338 iphoto upgrade will not quit or end?

hi, please can you help?
my iphoto upgrade will not finish or quit.
it went to 9 of 9 then I did leave it over night, now it is stuck on 5 of 9? (99% complete)
i tried "alt" key and "cmd" key which i had seen on other help, put by just pressing these that does not move the iphoto screen or stop the little circle wizzing around?
can you help please?

Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild.
If that fails:
Restore from your back up, repair the Library and try again.

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