samip@samip510:~$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox
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libgsoap7 libvncserver1 virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-qt
Suggested packages:
vde2 virtualbox-guest-additions-iso
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libgsoap7 libvncserver1 virtualbox virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-qt
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Get:1 http://np.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/multiverse virtualbox-qt amd64 5.0.4-dfsg-2 [6,970 kB]
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insserv: script virtualbox: service vboxdrv already provided!
insserv: exiting now!
update-rc.d: error: insserv rejected the script header
dpkg: error processing package virtualbox (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-dkms:
virtualbox-dkms depends on virtualbox (>= 5.0.4-dfsg-2); however:
Package virtualbox is not configured yet.
Package virtualbox-4.3 which provides virtualbox is not installed.
dpkg: error processing package virtualbox-dkms (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-qt:
virtualbox-qt depends on virtualbox (= 5.0.4-dfsg-2); however:
Package virtualbox is not configured yet.
Package virtualbox-4.3 which provides virtualbox is not installed.
dpkg: error processing package virtualbox-qt (--configure):
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Errors were encountered while processing:
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virtualbox-qt
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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4 Answers
Whenever we install a newer major release of Virtual Box (e.g. 5.0.x) over an older release (e.g. 4.3.x) we have to remove the old version (including its kernel modules) before we can proceed.
For some reason this did not happen on your system where you still had the 4.3. kernel modules loaded.
To remove a previous VirtualBox installation we can issue:
sudo apt-get purge virtualbox*
We may have to reboot to unload the old kernel modules. After that we should be able to re-install the newer version from the repositories:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox
The latest releases with bugfixes can also be installed by adding the official Oracle repository to our sources. I recommend to do so.
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The error is still there. For some reason it tries to install kernel 5.4 instead of 5.8. Jan 20, 2021 at 20:52
I had this very problem and tried all the solutions and none of them worked!
But i saw this solution and it surprisingly worked! apparently the problem was because of my kernel version, and when you update the kernel, dkms module can be installed properly during installation of virtualbox.
So all you have to do is remove all the virtualbox packages:
sudo apt-get remove virtualbox virtualbox-4.* virtualbox-5.0
Then update kernel:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install linux-generic
Then reboot your system:
And then install virtualbox:
get the installation deb file fro virtualbox.org site and install it
I hope it works for you as well.
found the perfect solutions for this bug
cd /var/lib/dpkg/info/
sudo rm virtualbox*
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get autoremove
Should solve it. I did this in ubuntu 15.10 64bit.
Regards,
Hashim Neves
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This seems to be no different than the prior two answers, other than the
cd /var/lib/dpkg/info/which does nothing for the process. Nov 22, 2015 at 22:02 -
I had faced the similar issue. In my case I was trying to install i386(32 bit) version of virtual box in Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit system. Then i downloaded AMD64 (64 bit) version and it worked fine. So make sure you are using appropriate version of virtual box.
