Installing Leopard 10.5.1 update hanging

I have downloaded the update, but when Leopard restarts to install the update it just hangs at the software update window. it says "installing 1 item" but hangs in the progress bar while "configuring installation" i have to end up doing a hard reset but after trying to reinstall the update it continues to stall at the same point. Does anyone have any idea why? or what to do?
thanks for your help

I've been having problems running installer packages since putting Leopard on my G5. I'll click thru the installer windows to the point where the Install button shows up. When I click that, all I get is a spinning beachball. No error message, tho-- it just hangs, so I have to Force Quit it. This has happened with Flip4Mac and Logitech Control Center, and maybe others I'm forgetting. Not to every app I've tried to install. But it HAS happened with the X.5.1 Update! And I'm having a devil of a time getting any relevant info about the problem.

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