I now have a working browser thanks to the fine folks here at ZUG.com . I am downloading the libpcre file manually just incase the installed one fails. If it was going to fail wouldn't it break Konqueror?
Whatever I did, it seems to have fixed my package installation issues. I am downloading and installing apps like mad right now, and the installs are going smoothly.
To show my gratitude towards the OZ developers and the community, I think I will set up an OZ feed mirror on my website. I have little traffic at this point so I should have bandwidth to spare.