Reinstalling iPhoto 4.0.3 from back-up?

Greetings all,
New to this area and not completely sure of protocol so please excuse any blunders. In brief, I basically screwed up my copy of iPhoto and attempted to simply uninstall it and drag a copy from a back-up disc into applications which of course didn't work. I WAS able to reinstall 2.0.1 from the original OS X discs, but now am unable to locate the upgrades that will allow me to get back to 4.0.3. (Currently happy running 10.3.9)
Any suggestions/recs? Like I said, I do have 4.0.3 on another disc which finds my libraries just fine. I just can't seem to succesfuly get it onto the disc I want. Willing to supply as much detail as you'd like if it will help.
Thanks for any and all help.
SML (the chimp)

iPhoto 4 needs to be in the Applications folder. You say you've got a copy of it, so drag it to your Applications folder. Drag the iPhoto 2 application to the trash. You'll probably also need to drag your com.apple.iPhoto.plist file from your Library >Preferences folder to the trash before starting iPhoto.

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