Nothing to install

Hi, I have a powerbook g4 and was having problems with my ipod showing up in itunes so i decided to reinstall itunes. Now however when i got to reinstall, after deleting itunes, it says there is nothing to install, and the install items are in grey. Plus it wont let me delete one portion of itunes as it says the itunes helper is open. Does anyone have any ideas on what to do?
thanks
Jesscia

The other advice you've gotten is great. You should definitely delete the receipt from the previous iTunes installation. You also need to go to System Preferences > Accounts > Login Items and remove iTunesHelper from the list. Then log out of your account and log back in, or restart the computer. After that, you should be able to run Software Update to get the latest version of iTunes installed.

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