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I am attempting to setup virtualbox on a new Ubuntu install and have been running into issues. I have uninstalled and reinstalled multiple times and issues continue. I tried removing autocleaning out the current kernels and that didn't help.

Here is the install record and you can see the error:

http://pastebin.com/p3sqADhD

First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 3.19.0-25-generic
Building initial module for 3.19.0-25-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.19.0-25-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.3.10/build/make.log for more information.

And below is the make.log:

http://pastebin.com/axbw9rni

I am at a loss as to what's going on as I have done this before without issues. I have used sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

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  • What version of Ubuntu are you running?
    – Daniel
    Aug 11, 2015 at 13:52
  • You could just try installing it from the Ubuntu Software Center.
    – Daniel
    Aug 11, 2015 at 13:52
  • I've done that successfully with multiple versions of Ubuntu.
    – Daniel
    Aug 11, 2015 at 13:53
  • I am running 14.04. I tried from software center and had same problem.
    – Dulanic
    Sep 5, 2015 at 0:14
  • Try upgrading to 15.04
    – Daniel
    Sep 7, 2015 at 0:36

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It is not uncommon that Virtual Box has issues on building for newer kernel releases. The developers do a great job in fixing those issues but they need some time to do so.

The issues with builing for kernels > 3.19 should be fixed in Virtual Box versions > 4.3.22, and issues with kernel 4.0 were fixed in 4.3.24, resp. 4.3.26 (see changelog for Virtual Box 4.3).

Therefore whenever we are faced with building on any newer kernel we should upgrade Virtual Box to the newest stable release.

If a bug was still not fixed we should report this to the developers.

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