The packages are now depending on versions of libopal and libpt which are no longer available, which makes them (and, as a consequence, gnome-desktop-environment) uninstallable. A rebuild should be enough. nmu ekiga_3.2.1~git20090515.9d0263-1 . ALL . -m 'Rebuild against current versions of libopal and libpt.' thanks, -- Gustavo Noronha Silva <kov@debian.org> Debian