HT5022 Airport express 5.6 install problems on osx 10.7.5

Anyone know why everytime I try to install airport express 5.6 on osx 10.7.5 it gives me the error "installation failed". I've tried several times to reinstall it but I keep getting the same error

Please check at the very top of the post for context. The user is posting regarding.......
AirPort Base Station: How to set up and configure an 802.11g AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express in OS X Lion
AirPort Utility 6.2 in Lion or Mountain Lion does not support an older 802.11g device, so advising the user to download and install AirPort Utility 6.2....when it is very likely already installed on a Lion or Mountain Lion machine .....does not solve the issue here.
AirPort Utility 5.6....which the user needs to configure the 802.11g AirPort Extreme.....cannot be installed on 10.7.5 or any 10.8.x Macs without using some workarounds.....not supported by Apple as far as I can tell.
Can you advise on this?

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