OK, this works and I can get a term.

Did apt-get -f install and lots of stuff came back. Mostly messages about packages not installed and to be removed. Got the option to proceed and entered 'Y'.

Then got a time out message from
ftp2.de.debian.org (195.71.9.196)

So, a problem with my sources.list file? Now I remember I had the same message when trying to apt-get kaffeine on the weekend that started this problem.

Funny, apt-get worked before.