Why won't my iphoto library upgrade after upgrading to yosemnite

Hello,
I have upgraded to yosemite, after opening new iphoto app it tells me to upgrade my library. I allow this to happen and it almost completes and then just sits there with the status wheel spinning. I have left for 24 hours with no change.
Things I have tried:
Uninstalled and re-installed iphoto app > same result
removed iphoto library from photos folder, created new library in iphoto > iphoto would not open old library with out upgrading
Installed iphoto library manager, tried to create rebuilt library > app errrors and says it timed out? happened twice
What can I do from here?
Thanks

We upgraded to Yosemite and have a similar issue. Our computer says we've upgraded to iPhoto 9.6, but the actual application says it is still 9.5.1. So now I go to App Store to update and it won't let me saying we already did!

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