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I am new to Ubuntu and VirtualBox is issuing the error message "kernel driver is not installed". I can't even remove it from my device. Here is a screenshot with the error message with more details of the error I am receiving. Can someone help me please?

coding.noob
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  • Youssef, have you already tried to follow the instructions provided by the error message you've uploaded? Could you share the results of it with us? –  Dec 12 '20 at 14:10
  • Have you installed VirtualBox from the default ubuntu apt repositories or from oracle apt repositories? –  Dec 12 '20 at 14:15
  • I installed it from the oracel webside, i didnt follow the error because I dintnt understand what is not working. – coding.noob Dec 12 '20 at 14:22
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    Disable Secure Boot in BIOS. – Pilot6 Dec 12 '20 at 14:29

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If you are receiving error messages when you run sudo /sbin/vboxconfig, then you will need to compile some kernel drivers. Fortunately, it’s not too difficult.

  1. Open a terminal
  2. Install some basics:
    sudo apt install build-essential module-assistant
  3. Then:
    sudo m-a prepare
  4. Finally:
    sudo /sbin/vboxconfig

This should do what you’re looking for.