Install Logic Studio on an External Hard Drive

Can I Install the entire application on an external hard drive?

hiya!
i'm an idiot i have an old Imac g4 and bought logic studio 8
it really cant handle much so i use it for the Jam packs on garageband
i bought an external harddrive 100gb hoping to put all of logics stuff on there
it really anoyed me when i came to instal and it bassicaly sed i cudnt!!
can i install just the Jam packs on the external drive ?
how can i get on the logic install disk and just Tick jam packs but make it go on the external hard disk ??
i plan to get a good imac one day ( this came of Ebay) so lots of stuff are really bad about it!! can you not install any program on a external disk with mac?
cause everytime i've gone to it hassnt worked
yet it does with xp and i hate XP
thanks alot
James

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