Public bug reported:

First, I tried to install gnome-inform7_6L38-0ubuntu1_i386.deb via dpkg.
That reported:

Selecting previously unselected package gnome-inform7.
(Reading database ... 1202020 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../gnome-inform7_6L38-0ubuntu1_i386.deb ...
Unpacking gnome-inform7 (6L38-0ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-inform7:
 gnome-inform7 depends on libgoocanvas3 (>= 0.15).
 gnome-inform7 depends on libgtksourceview2.0-0 (>= 2.10.0).
 gnome-inform7 depends on libgtkspell0 (>= 2.0.10).
 gnome-inform7 depends on libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0 (>= 1.5.1).
 gnome-inform7 depends on libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 (>= 1.3.10).
 gnome-inform7 depends on dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend.

dpkg: error processing package gnome-inform7 (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.54ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.1+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.40.2-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:i386 (2.40.2-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.2-0ubuntu3) ...
Unknown media type in type 'all/all'
Unknown media type in type 'all/allfiles'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/mms'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmst'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmsu'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/pnm'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspt'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspu'
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 gnome-inform7

So then I simply ran synaptic to mark all packages needing update, and
applied changes.

That worked for a while, but reported a broken package (plymouth), which
it couldn't seem to repair.  So at that point I switched to the command
line.  I did an apt-get update, followed by an apt-get check, which
reported:

# apt-get check
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 account-plugin-aim : Depends: empathy (= 3.8.6-0ubuntu9.2) but it is not 
installed
                      Depends: mcp-account-manager-uoa but it is not installed
 account-plugin-jabber : Depends: empathy (= 3.8.6-0ubuntu9.2) but it is not 
installed
                         Depends: mcp-account-manager-uoa but it is not 
installed
 account-plugin-salut : Depends: empathy (= 3.8.6-0ubuntu9.2) but it is not 
installed
                        Depends: mcp-account-manager-uoa but it is not installed
 inkscape : Depends: libglibmm-2.4-1c2a (>= 2.36.2) but it is not installed
            Depends: libpangomm-1.4-1 (>= 2.27.1) but it is not installed
            Depends: libsigc++-2.0-0c2a (>= 2.0.2) but it is not installed
            Recommends: perlmagick
 libatkmm-1.6-1 : Depends: libglibmm-2.4-1c2a (>= 2.36.2) but it is not 
installed
                  Depends: libsigc++-2.0-0c2a (>= 2.0.2) but it is not installed
 libbaloofiles4 : Depends: libxapian22 but it is not installed
 libbalooxapian4 : Depends: libxapian22 but it is not installed
 libc-bin : Depends: libc6 (< 2.20) but 2.21-0ubuntu5 is installed
 libc-dev-bin : Depends: libc6 (< 2.20) but 2.21-0ubuntu5 is installed
 libc6-dbg : Depends: libc6 (= 2.19-0ubuntu6.6) but 2.21-0ubuntu5 is installed
 libc6-dev : Depends: libc6 (= 2.19-0ubuntu6.6) but 2.21-0ubuntu5 is installed
 libc6-i386 : Depends: libc6 (= 2.19-0ubuntu6.6) but 2.21-0ubuntu5 is installed
 libcairomm-1.0-1 : Depends: libsigc++-2.0-0c2a (>= 2.0.2) but it is not 
installed
 libdrm-dev : Depends: libdrm2 (= 2.4.60-2~ubuntu14.04.1) but 2.4.65-3 is 
installed
              Depends: libdrm-intel1 (= 2.4.60-2~ubuntu14.04.1) but 2.4.65-3 is 
installed
              Depends: libdrm-radeon1 (= 2.4.60-2~ubuntu14.04.1) but 2.4.65-3 
is installed
              Depends: libdrm-nouveau2 (= 2.4.60-2~ubuntu14.04.1) but 2.4.65-3 
is installed
 libegl1-mesa-drivers : Depends: libegl1-mesa (= 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.5)
                        Depends: libwayland-egl1-mesa (= 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.5)
 libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a : Depends: libglibmm-2.4-1c2a (>= 2.36.2) but it is not 
installed
                     Depends: libpangomm-1.4-1 (>= 2.27.1) but it is not 
installed
                     Depends: libsigc++-2.0-0c2a (>= 2.0.2) but it is not 
installed
 libplymouth4 : Breaks: plymouth (< 0.9.2-1~) but 0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1 is installed
 libproxy-tools : Depends: libproxy1 (>= 0.4.7) but it is not installed
 libproxy1-plugin-gsettings : Depends: libproxy1 (= 0.4.11-0ubuntu4) but it is 
not installed
 libproxy1-plugin-networkmanager : Depends: libproxy1 (= 0.4.11-0ubuntu4) but 
it is not installed
 libqapt2 : Depends: libxapian22 but it is not installed
 libtelepathy-farstream3 : Depends: libfarstream-0.2-2 (>= 0.1.91) but it is 
not installed
 libvncserver0 : Depends: libgnutls28 (>= 3.2.10-0) but it is not installed
 libx11-xcb-dev : Depends: libx11-xcb1 (= 2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2) but 
2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2 is installed
 libxcb-dri2-0-dev : Depends: libxcb-dri2-0 (= 1.10-2ubuntu1) but 
1.11.1-1ubuntu1 is installed
 libxcb-xfixes0-dev : Depends: libxcb-xfixes0 (= 1.10-2ubuntu1) but 
1.11.1-1ubuntu1 is installed
 libxdamage-dev : Depends: libxdamage1 (= 1:1.1.4-1ubuntu1) but 1:1.1.4-2 is 
installed
 libxext-dev : Depends: libxext6 (= 2:1.3.2-1ubuntu0.0.14.04.1) but 2:1.3.3-1 
is installed
 nautilus-sendto-empathy : Depends: empathy (= 3.8.6-0ubuntu9.2) but it is not 
installed
 nfs-common : Depends: libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.99) but 2:1.02.77-6ubuntu2 
is installed
 plymouth-label : Depends: plymouth (= 0.9.2-3ubuntu8) but 0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1 is 
installed
 plymouth-theme-ubuntu-logo : Depends: plymouth (= 0.9.2-3ubuntu8) but 
0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1 is installed
 plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text : Depends: plymouth (= 0.9.2-3ubuntu8) but 
0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1 is installed
 python-xapian : Depends: libxapian22 (>= 1.2.16) but it is not installed
 signon-ui : Depends: libproxy1 (>= 0.4.7) but it is not installed
 signond : Depends: libproxy1 (>= 0.4.7) but it is not installed
 udev : Depends: libudev1 (= 204-5ubuntu20.15) but 228-2ubuntu2 is installed
 unity-webapps-qml : Depends: libqt5webkit5-qmlwebkitplugin but it is not 
installed
 vlc-nox : Depends: libgnutls28 (>= 3.2.10-0) but it is not installed
 zeitgeist-core : Depends: libxapian22 but it is not installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.

So I did that:

# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  dconf-gsettings-backend:i386 gcc-4.8-base:i386 libcgmanager0:i386
  libdconf1:i386 libebook-1.2-16 libebook-contacts-1.2-2 libedata-book-1.2-25
  libedataserverui-1.2-1 libegl1-mesa:i386 libept1.4.12 libgbm1:i386
  libgdome2-0 libgeocode-glib0 libgles1-mesa libgom-1.0-0 libgom-1.0-common
  libgssglue1 libjasper1:i386 libllvm3.4:i386 libnih-dbus1:i386 libnih1:i386
  libprotobuf8 libquvi-scripts-0.9 libsdl-image1.2 libva-drm1 libva-x11-1
  libwayland-client0:i386 libwayland-server0:i386 libxcb-composite0
  libxcb-xfixes0:i386 libxcb-xv0 linux-headers-3.13.0-73
  linux-headers-3.13.0-73-generic linux-image-3.13.0-73-generic
  linux-image-extra-3.13.0-73-generic linux-signed-image-3.13.0-73-generic
  lua-bitop lua-expat lua-json lua-lpeg lua-socket workrave-data x11vnc-data
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  account-plugin-aim account-plugin-jabber account-plugin-salut
  account-plugin-yahoo cheese cheese-common empathy empathy-common
  evolution-data-server-common evolution-data-server-online-accounts
  folks-common gir1.2-cogl-1.0 gir1.2-coglpango-1.0 gir1.2-totem-1.0
  gstreamer1.0-clutter gstreamer1.0-clutter-3.0 gstreamer1.0-plugins-base
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base:i386 imagemagick-common inkscape libatkmm-1.6-1v5
  libavahi-ui-gtk3-0 libc-bin libc-dev-bin libc6-dbg libc6-dev libc6-i386
  libcairomm-1.0-1v5 libcamel-1.2-54 libcdparanoia0:i386 libcdr-0.1-1v5
  libchamplain-0.12-0 libcheese-gtk25 libcheese8 libclutter-1.0-0
  libclutter-gst-2.0-0 libclutter-gst-3.0-0 libclutter-gtk-1.0-0
  libcogl-pango20 libcogl-path20 libcogl20 libdevmapper1.02.1 libdrm-dev
  libebackend-1.2-10 libebook-1.2-16 libebook-contacts-1.2-2
  libedata-book-1.2-25 libedataserver-1.2-21 libedataserverui-1.2-1
  libfolks-telepathy25 libfolks25 libgeocode-glib0 libgoa-1.0-0b
  libgoa-1.0-common libgoa-backend-1.0-1 libgomp1 libgrilo-0.2-1 libgsl2
  libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0:i386
  libgtkmm-2.4-1v5 libimage-magick-perl libimage-magick-q16-perl
  libmagick++-6.q16-5v5 libmagickcore-6.q16-2 libmagickwand-6.q16-2
  liborc-0.4-0 liborc-0.4-0:i386 libpangomm-1.4-1v5 libproxy1-plugin-gsettings
  libproxy1-plugin-networkmanager librevenge-0.0-0 libtelepathy-farstream3
  libtelepathy-glib0 libtheora0 libtheora0:i386 libtotem0 libvisio-0.1-1
  libvisual-0.4-0 libvisual-0.4-0:i386 libvncclient1 libwpd-0.10-10
  libwpg-0.3-3 libx11-xcb-dev libxcb-dri2-0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev
  libxdamage-dev libxext-dev mcp-account-manager-uoa plymouth python-xapian
  remmina remmina-common remmina-plugin-vnc signon-ui signon-ui-service
  signon-ui-x11 signond udev unity-webapps-qml zeitgeist-core
Suggested packages:
  gnome-video-effects-frei0r evolution gvfs:i386 dia | dia-gnome libsvg-perl
  libxml-xql-perl python-uniconvertor glibc-doc gsl-ref-psdoc | gsl-doc-pdf
  | gsl-doc-info | gsl-ref-html libvisual-0.4-plugins:i386 imagemagick-doc
  libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra libxext-doc account-plugin-gadugadu
  account-plugin-groupwise account-plugin-icq account-plugin-irc
  account-plugin-mxit account-plugin-myspace account-plugin-sametime
  account-plugin-sip account-plugin-yahoojp account-plugin-zephyr desktop-base
  plymouth-themes xapian-doc qtdeclarative5-online-accounts-client0.1
  qtdeclarative5-ubuntu-content1 qtdeclarative5-ubuntu-download-manager0.1
Recommended packages:
  gnome-contacts dmsetup libfolks-eds25 ubuntu-control-center-signon
  remmina-plugin-rdp
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  evolution-data-server gnome-contacts kde-runtime ksnapshot
  kubuntu-debug-installer libatkmm-1.6-1 libbaloofiles4 libbalooxapian4
  libcairomm-1.0-1 libcheese-gtk23 libcheese7 libcogl-pango15 libcogl15
  libegl1-mesa-drivers libfolks-eds25 libgsl0ldbl libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a
  libkubuntu0 libproxy-tools libqapt2 libqapt2-runtime libvlc5 libvlccore8
  libvncserver0 nautilus-sendto-empathy nepomuk-core-runtime okular qapt-batch
  remmina-plugin-rdp totem totem-mozilla totem-plugins vlc-nox
  vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-samba x11vnc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  account-plugin-yahoo empathy gstreamer1.0-clutter-3.0
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base:i386 libatkmm-1.6-1v5 libavahi-ui-gtk3-0
  libcairomm-1.0-1v5 libcamel-1.2-54 libcdparanoia0:i386 libcdr-0.1-1v5
  libcheese-gtk25 libcheese8 libclutter-gst-3.0-0 libcogl-pango20
  libcogl-path20 libcogl20 libebackend-1.2-10 libebook-1.2-16
  libebook-contacts-1.2-2 libedata-book-1.2-25 libedataserver-1.2-21
  libedataserverui-1.2-1 libgeocode-glib0 libgsl2 libgtkmm-2.4-1v5
  libimage-magick-perl libimage-magick-q16-perl libmagick++-6.q16-5v5
  libmagickcore-6.q16-2 libmagickwand-6.q16-2 libpangomm-1.4-1v5
  librevenge-0.0-0 libtheora0:i386 libvisio-0.1-1 libvisual-0.4-0:i386
  libvncclient1 libwpd-0.10-10 libwpg-0.3-3 mcp-account-manager-uoa
  signon-ui-service signon-ui-x11
The following packages will be upgraded:
  account-plugin-aim account-plugin-jabber account-plugin-salut cheese
  cheese-common empathy-common evolution-data-server-common
  evolution-data-server-online-accounts folks-common gir1.2-cogl-1.0
  gir1.2-coglpango-1.0 gir1.2-totem-1.0 gstreamer1.0-clutter
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base imagemagick-common inkscape libc-bin libc-dev-bin
  libc6-dbg libc6-dev libc6-i386 libchamplain-0.12-0 libclutter-1.0-0
  libclutter-gst-2.0-0 libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 libdevmapper1.02.1 libdrm-dev
  libfolks-telepathy25 libfolks25 libgoa-1.0-0b libgoa-1.0-common
  libgoa-backend-1.0-1 libgomp1 libgrilo-0.2-1 libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0
  libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0:i386 liborc-0.4-0 liborc-0.4-0:i386
  libproxy1-plugin-gsettings libproxy1-plugin-networkmanager
  libtelepathy-farstream3 libtelepathy-glib0 libtheora0 libtotem0
  libvisual-0.4-0 libx11-xcb-dev libxcb-dri2-0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev
  libxdamage-dev libxext-dev plymouth python-xapian remmina remmina-common
  remmina-plugin-vnc signon-ui signond udev unity-webapps-qml zeitgeist-core
60 to upgrade, 41 to newly install, 36 to remove and 1480 not to upgrade.
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which is also in package libplymouth2:amd64 0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1
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I think it was after that, I noticed that synaptic itself had been
removed.

And the plymouth bug seems to stop any of this from working.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: plymouth 0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-68.111-generic 3.13.11-ckt27
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-68-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jan  5 12:42:33 2016
DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
DuplicateSignature: package:plymouth:0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1:trying to overwrite 
'/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/source_plymouth.py', which is also in package 
libplymouth2:amd64 0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite 
'/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/source_plymouth.py', which is also in package 
libplymouth2:amd64 0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-24 (710 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140123)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-68-generic 
root=UUID=c3e55a79-8e13-4001-b7b4-d73cc05b2443 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-68-generic 
root=UUID=c3e55a79-8e13-4001-b7b4-d73cc05b2443 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.3ubuntu1
 apt  1.1.10
SourcePackage: plymouth
TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
Title: package plymouth 0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to 
overwrite '/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/source_plymouth.py', which is also 
in package libplymouth2:amd64 0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/18/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
dmi.bios.version: WYLPT10H.86A.0018.2013.0918.2135
dmi.board.name: D34010WYK
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
dmi.board.version: H14771-302
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.modalias: 
dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrWYLPT10H.86A.0018.2013.0918.2135:bd09/18/2013:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnD34010WYK:rvrH14771-302:cvn:ct3:cvr:

** Affects: plymouth (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-package need-duplicate-check package-conflict trusty

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Title:
  package plymouth 0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1 failed to install/upgrade: trying
  to overwrite '/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/source_plymouth.py',
  which is also in package libplymouth2:amd64 0.8.8-0ubuntu17.1

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