Installer failed to initialise help from Trevor Dennis..gladly

trying to install photoshop cs5, inserting disc I receive error message
"installer failed to initialise"   what's happening.
operating Mac 10.9 maverick.

Hi Charlie.  There are a lot of people a lot more capable than me among the regular posters here.  Case in point, I have been struggling to sort out my own problems with what appears to be a pair of wrecked 600Gb Velociraptors in my Projects drive (raid0).  I also know very little about the Mac OS.
Ashutosh mentions the Adobe Application Manager, but as far as I know, that is not relevant if installing CS5 from a disk.  I would still be very inclined to download a new installation file for CS5 as OSx 10.9 has been throwing up a few problems on this forum, and you need to give yourself the best chance of success.
You can find the files here
http://prodesigntools.com/adobe-cs5-5-direct-download-links.html
Thinking back to when I installed CS5, I can remember getting a bit confused with the installer program, which is probably what Ashutosh is referring to.   Save yourself grief, and read these instructions before you start.  I know instructions are the last resort, and reading them challenges your rep as a 'bloke'...
http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/start-installer-downloading.html
There is a list of issues concering 10.9 here, but only the last directly concerns CS5 (AFAICT)
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/mac-os-mavericks-compatability.html
Good luck, and you can wish me the same sorting out my dead raid0  - Thank goodness for real time back ups!

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