ITunes on iMac won't open

Hi, I am trying to sort my other half's iMac, it has not been switched on for a couple of years - system info below.
Once it had switched on there were many updates available as I expected and I installed them all. Now iTunes will not open. The icon just bounces once and nothing.
The computer is not compatible with the current iTunes version. How can I get it to open? Also will we be able to sync the iPhone and iPad we have?
Model Name:    iMac
Model Identifier:    iMac7,1
Processor Name:    Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:    2 GHz
Number Of Processors:    1
Total Number Of Cores:    2
L2 Cache:    4 MB
Memory:    1 GB
Bus Speed:    800 MHz

It's OK, I've done it. Just needed to download iTunes 11.4 once more.

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