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My Safari was acting erattically. Not finding helper applicatione like Adobe reader etc...
So I uninstalled it (Dragged it to the trash and went for a new install)
When I run the installer I get a message thst says
"You cannot install Safari on this volume. This update requires Mac OS X 10.5.2 or newer."
I'm running 10.5.5
Prithie! How do I get Safari to install again?
FYI This is a Mac Server

First of all, if you're using Mac OS X as a server, do you have Mac OS X Server installed, or just the regular Mac OS X?
Secondly, it appears that you don't know what you're doing, since there was nothing wrong with Safari, but you deleted it anyway, without considering the consequences of your actions. Then you expected to download and install it again.
*You cannot do that.* What you downloaded is an updater, which means you had to have Safari 3.0.4 already installed to be able to update it. But you deleted that and so it won't work, no matter what you do. The filename clearly says it's an Update. If you want to reinstall Safari, you must do this:
1. Repair Permissions.
2. Insert your Mac OS X install disc and navigate to the Optional Installs folder and open the Optional Installs.mpkg file.
3. Check the box to install Safari and run the installer; this will install Safari 3.0.4.
4. You can then attempt to apply the Updater you downloaded for Safari, but since you already have 10.5.5 running, it will in all likelihood not work. You will need to download and reapply the 10.5.5 Combo Update to update to Safari 3.1.2.
5. Repair Permissions.
To avoid these problems in the future, don't treat your Mac like it's a PeeCee, where deleting and reinstalling something is a common fix for application issues. On a Mac, the problem is rarely the application, so don't create more work for yourself and others.
Mulder

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