Upgrade from iPhoto 9.2.1 to iPhoto 9.4.2

I currently have iPhoto 9.2.1 installed on my MacBook Pro 8,2 running Mountain Lion OS. I have tried everything to upgrade to iPhoto 9.4.2 but on my update page on my App Store do not get any upgrade messages.
I have downloaded the Apple Support .dmg files to upgrade to iPhoto 9.3 to then upgrade to 9.4.2, but in all cases i get an error telling me that to install all of these updates I have to have iPhoto 9.1 installed. As I stated earlier I have iPhoto 9.2.1 installed in my Mac.
Any advice will be welcomed.
David

Did not move it it has always been in the Camera app folder.
Someone put them there. They need to be in the Applications folder, not in a sub folder.

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