Safari 5.1 won't install

I’ve tried over and over and over to update Safari 5.05 to 5.1. When my Mac should restart, it just stalls on the log-in window. I manually restart, but it makes no difference. I’ve turned off the extensions to see if that was the hang-up, but it didn’t make any difference. I’m able to update other software such as iTunes and Remote Desktop. I have not updated to Lion, but OS is up-to-date — 10.6.8.
My Mac at work (identical to my home Mac) has accepted the Safari update with no problem whatsoever.
Suggestions?
Thank you!

I downloaded the Developer preview of Safari 4 and it stuffed up some of my Widgets. Tried to re install 3.1.1 from the Apple site to see if the problem was Safari 4. The installer crashed. Realised I had not uninstalled 4 from HD. Did this and restarted. Tried to install the 3.1.1 version again and all of my drives were unavailable from the installler and as with the others here "will not install on this OS 10.5.2. required and I DO have 10.5.3. I then trashed all of Safari that I could find with Spotlight, and got a copy of 3.0.4 from and old backup and dragged it into the Apps folder on my startup drive.
I am using it now. Tried to update it to 3.1.1 but it still says I dont have the correct OS.
Repaired permissions and all of the usual voodoo but nothing has worked.

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