OSX 10.5 wil not install on G4

I have a powermac g4 quicksilver,867 mhz,with 9.2 os,1gb of memory,and a new secondary hard-drive that i which to install OSX 10.5 on it,but the software will not install.at first i thought it was the software,it has been exchanged but its not the software.this cpu at one time had OSX 10.0,but it was removed.I get an error that states..the package "install mac osx.app" could not be opened because it cannot be used with this version of mac os or there is a problem with it.if there is a problem with it try to reinstalling the package.is there a way to install this software or am i going about it the wrong way.

You need to do an erase and install.
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Select English and continue, then Utilities and disk utility.
Select the hard drive long name and choose partition.
Select 1 partition, name it and select the options button.
Select the Apple Partition Map APM and select mac os x extended journalled and partition.
Then click on first aid, select the volume you have just created and Verify the disk.
If it passes verification then quit disk utility and continue.
When asked for the destination, select your newly created volume and follow the on screen directions.

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