Perl problem? Run postflight script

Yesterday my USB mobile internet aircard wouldn't mount in OS X (10.5.6). I spent hours on the phone with the ISP's tech support, and they ultimately had me download and reinstall the software. When I attempted to install that software, it failed with this error message: "The following install step failed: run postflight script for Franklin Wireless".
A few hours later I tried to install a different program (unrelated to the internet issue) and I got the same kind of message "The following install step failed: run postflight script"
I've googled for hours, and there's almost nothing out there. Everything I did find led me to stuff about "perl" and "bash". I'm not exactly new to computers, but I'm not a programmer either and I don't understand any of that.
I don't know what to do here. Is it possible my "perl" is corrupted or missing? Or my "bash"? I checked my software updates and I happened to be due for an upgrade to 10.5.7. So, I did that hoping it might fix anything that was corrupted or missing. But, afterwards I tried the install again and got the same error.
I'm 2,000 miles from home on the second day of a two-week business trip. I need my computer to work, I need the internet access...basically I'm screwed. If ANYONE can offer any insight, I would be eternally grateful.
Thank you.

Check the Console messages and post back anything that looks interesting after getting the postflight error.
Eric
Ps. Doesn't the hotel have internet you can hook to?
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