Quote Originally Posted by Icekiss
the connection isn't the problem (DSL flat), but if I could just install the single package I would do so (less likely to cause problems). I just don't know how...
So which packages are conflicting when you run apt-get -s install kdict/unstable can you do without them if so remove them. Just simulate the removal of the packages and see if anything important is going to be removed. Could you post the output of the above apt-get so I can see.