Upgrading to iDVD

I've been using iPhoto 6 for a few months and today I decided to try and burn my first DVD slideshow. I consulted my iPhoto 6 Missing Manual for directions as to how to do this and then attempted to follow the instructions. I immediately discovered that while I have ver 6 of iPhoto on my Mac Mini the copy of iDVD is ver 5. Too long ago to recall why this is, but I think that my computer came from Apple with ver 5 of iDVD on it and at a later date I bought the upgrade disk for iLife '06 but only actually installed iPhoto 6 as I was not using iDVD back then.
My question is can I simply insert the iLife '06 disk in my computer and upgrade everything to ver 6 without hurting anything on iPhoto 6 which has been installed on my computer for some time and has thousands of photos in it.
Also, is it less a less complex process on iDVD 6 than on iDVD 5 to create a DVD slideshow?
Thanks!
Win

Donna,
Thanks! Not long after posting my question I noticed a little tab in the lower left hand corner of the iLife disk that said, "Customize" and once I clicked on that I saw that I could pick and choose among the iLife applications I wanted to install. Soon as I get a moment I will install IDVD 6 and see how things go from there.
Thanks,
Win

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