Comment 11 for bug 542404

This problem still exists in maverick as of now:

# apt-get install gnome-desktop-environment
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 gnome-desktop-environment : Depends: swfdec-gnome (>= 2.26) but it is not installable
E: Broken packages

# apt-get install gnome-desktop-environment swfdec-gnome
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package swfdec-gnome is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'swfdec-gnome' has no installation candidate