Can't install gnome-desktop-environment

Attempting to install gnome-desktop-environment gets me:

gnome-desktop-environment:
Depends: gnome-core but it is not going to be installed
Depends: alacarte but it is not going to be installed
Depends: cheese but it is not going to be installed
Depends: deskbar-applet but it is not going to be installed
Depends: gdm3 but it is not going to be installed or
fast-user-switch-applet (>= 2.24)
Depends: gconf-editor but it is not going to be installed
Depends: gnome-system-tools but it is not going to be installed
Depends: seahorse-plugins but it is not going to be installed
Depends: totem-plugins but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libgnome2-perl but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: gnome-accessibility but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: gnome-games but it is not going to be installed

...which isn't very forthcoming with information as to why it isn't
installable. Does anyone have any clues or methods I might use to
install?

I've run into this quite a bit in trying to install various things and
can't quite grasp the why.

Cybe R. Wizard
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