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i get this error msg when doing sudo apt-get install virtualbox. 

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox:
 virtualbox depends on virtualbox-dkms (>= 5.0.32-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2) | virtualbox-source (>= 5.0.32-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2) | virtualbox-modules; however:
  Package virtualbox-dkms is not configured yet.
  Package virtualbox-source is not installed.
  Package virtualbox-modules is not installed.
  Package virtualbox-dkms which provides virtualbox-modules is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package virtualbox (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-qt:
 virtualbox-qt depends on virtualbox (= 5.0.32-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2); however:
  Package virtualbox is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package virtualbox-qt (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                          No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                    Errors were encountered while processing:
 virtualbox-dkms
 virtualbox
 virtualbox-qt
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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  • please edit your question and add: which version of Ubuntu are you using? which command did you execute which resulted with the errors provided in the question?
    – Yaron
    Mar 29, 2017 at 10:37
  • Even if you get it working you'll be on quite an old version. Better to download the latest .deb file and install it with sudo dpkg -i filename.deb
    – user12753
    Mar 29, 2017 at 10:46
  • Have you tried updating the cache, then opting to fix dependencies? The command is: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -f ; note there are no further options fter the install -f at this stage. Also, likely a duplicate of askubuntu.com/questions/263378/…
    – tk-noodle
    Mar 29, 2017 at 12:26
  • Nothing works. I tried everything. VirtualBox has never worked well.
    – Niklas Rosencrantz
    Mar 29, 2017 at 16:54

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This is how I solved mine in the past.

  1. visit https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

  2. Download the one that is applicable to your system.

  3. Run from bash: $ sudo dpkg -i filename.deb to install it.
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  • error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe) Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu16) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ... Errors were encountered while processing: virtualbox-5.1_5.1.18-114002~Ubuntu~xenial_amd64.deb
    – Niklas Rosencrantz
    Mar 29, 2017 at 16:53
  • sudo apt --fix-broken install. solved me the peer dependencies problem.
    – Mukundhan
    Feb 14, 2020 at 7:27
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Solution: sudo apt-get purge virtualbox*

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when additional dependencies are not getting installed, it causes a broken install.

Install the broken dependencies manually using,

sudo apt --fix-broken install

and trying again solved the issue.

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