/etc/init.d/vboxdrv missing

Question

When I try to launch a virtual machine from Virtualbox, it tells me that the Virtualbox kernel driver is not loaded, or there is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv.

Please reinstall the kernel module by executing /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup as root.

It also tells me that I should install the DKMS package first (which I have done).

Now, the mentioned files to not exist in my system. How do I fix this?

Can you reinstall Virtual Box? I haven't used VM programs in a while, so I don't really know what's going on with them. — TheWanderer, Aug 24 '15 at 14:54
Is there anything you did which you believe may have caused this? — , Aug 24 '15 at 15:03
Does this answer your question? VirtualBox '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup' issue — karel, Apr 10 '23 at 14:10

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 13 '19 at 14:27

Try to use this command:

sudo modprobe vboxdrv

If not, run these commands to run an update and reinstall the linux-headers and virtualbox-dkms

sudo apt update
sudo apt install --reinstall linux-headers-$(uname -r) virtualbox-dkms dkms

Reboot and then:

sudo modprobe vboxdrv

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 05 '15 at 20:25

I experienced the same issue. You may try to include Orace's VirtualBox repository as described in [1]. Before you have to uninstall virtualbox (apt-get remove virtualbox). Then you have /etc/init.d/vboxdrv and can use it to recompile the virtualbox drivers in case DKMS fails.

[1] https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

/etc/init.d/vboxdrv missing

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