Iwork won't launch

Hi
I thought I'd clean out my Mac before upgrading, so I deleted iWork 09 and then re-installed it from the original disc.
However, now when I try to launch an iWork application a dialogue box comes up:
'The application Pages/Numbers quit unexpectedly.'
It invites me to 'relaunch' or 'ignore'. If I relaunch the same happens; if I ignore it just closes the dialogue box.
Any idea what's going on? I've re-installed twice now.
Many thanks
John

Running 10.5.8, Software Update is supposed to urge you to apply the update 9.0.3 which is the late available one for 10.5.8.
Of course, the apps must be in the folder :
Applications:iWork '09
I scanned the set of updaters which I kept carefully. Two updaters which may apply to your system (10.5.8) are no longer available on Apple Web Site.
They are updater 9.0.4 and updater 9.0.5
You may get the 9.0.5 one from my iDisk (address available below)
Download :
For_iWork:iWork '09:iWork9Update5.dmg.zip
I just got your late messages.
You must have this folder :
<startupVolume>:Library:Application Support:iWork '09:
I guess that you searched in :
<startupVolume>:Users:<yourAccount>:Library:Application Support:
which contain the folder "iWork"
in :
<startupVolume>:Library:Application Support:iWork '09:,
you must have :
As Dale just wrote, the error message state that one of these shared files is missing but we already got such reports flagging a problem with fonts.
If you want to be sure that the set of shared files is OK, go to my iDisk
Download :
For_iWork:iWork '09:uninstall iWork '09.zip
Run it to apply a clean uninstall task.
Re install from the original disk
apply the updater 9.0.5
Here you may see the permissions applying to the folder in which must be the iWork '09 folder storing the shared frameworks.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) lundi 1 août 2011 16:41:27
iMac 21”5, i7, 2.8 GHz, 4 Gbytes, 1 Tbytes, mac OS X 10.6.8 and 10.7.0
My iDisk is : <http://public.me.com/koenigyvan>
Please : Search for questions similar to your own before submitting them to the community
To be the AW6 successor, iWork MUST integrate a TRUE DB, not a list organizer !

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