installing virtualbox in ubuntu 16.04

Asked Aug 22 '17 at 10:50

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I have installed virtual box on my ubuntu 16.04 following instructions described here.

Last command, i.e. sudo apt install virtualbox-5.1, gave me this:

vboxdrv.sh: failed: modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why.

There were problems setting up VirtualBox.  To re-start the set-up process, run
  /sbin/vboxconfig
as root.

I've tried sudo /sbin/vboxconfig which gave me:

vboxdrv.sh: Stopping VirtualBox services.
vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules.
vboxdrv.sh: Starting VirtualBox services.
vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules.
vboxdrv.sh: failed: modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why.

Then I tried dmesg and uploaded its output here.

asked Aug 22 '17 at 10:50

Zeinab Abbasimazar

@Pilot6, I didn't get that error at all. How these two are the same? – Zeinab Abbasimazar Aug 22 '17 at 11:06
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The error must be in your dmesg that is not displayed by your link. Run sudo modprobe vboxdrv and you'll get it. – Pilot6 Aug 22 '17 at 11:07

installing virtualbox in ubuntu 16.04

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