Leopard Failed to Install on iBook G4

Got the family pack and was able to install as an upgrade without a problem on an Intel iMac, but failed to install on my daughter's G4 iBook. Simply got a message saying software failed to install. Any suggestions would be most appreciated.

I could not install either. I thought is was a bad disk and exchanged it for a new one from the apple store and it did the same thing. It gets stuck about an eight of the way in. I got a message about the base system one too. Reinstalling 10.4
iBook G4 933

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