Virtualbox error (sbin/vboxconfig)

[Anon_elliot]

Hello everyone , i just got a fresh install on ubuntu 16.04 and wanted to put virtualbox on my system just like i had before on my old ubuntu , the things is when i dpkg the package , i get an message telling me there was an error and i need to execute /sbin/vboxconfig again , when i try that i get the exact same message

Virtualbox is actually installed on my computer but when i load a iso and try to run the virtual machine i get an erorr telling me that it come from this /sbin/vboxconfig script . And i can't seem to run it ..

I tried to execute and install the package with the ubuntu software but same probem when i try to load a virtual machine in virtualbox

[Perryg]

Post the exact and complete name of the package you used to install VirtualBox.

[Anon_elliot]

From the official site

virtualbox-5.1_5.1.12-112440~Ubuntu~xenial_i386.deb

[Perryg]

So this is not on a 64bit host, correct? Post the /var/log/vbox-install.log ( as an attachment )

[Anon_elliot]

Yes it is on a 64 bit host (i also tried the amd64 version and it doesn't work either , i don't have this log , might remove it when i remove virtualbox

[Perryg]

Remove what you have now and install the 64 bit version using dpkg. Post the terminal content of the install.

[Anon_elliot]

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root@kriptarium-Computer ~/Downloads>dpkg -i virtualbox-5.1_5.1.12-112440~Ubuntu~xenial_amd64.deb 
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-5.1.
(Reading database ... 226777 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack virtualbox-5.1_5.1.12-112440~Ubuntu~xenial_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking virtualbox-5.1 (5.1.12-112440~Ubuntu~xenial) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-5.1:
 virtualbox-5.1 depends on libqt5x11extras5 (>= 5.1.0); however:
  Package libqt5x11extras5 is not installed.
 virtualbox-5.1 depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.11); however:
  Package libsdl1.2debian is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package virtualbox-5.1 (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu13) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.5-2ubuntu0.1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160824-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 virtualbox-5.1

I usually do an apt -f install at this point , and thats when it will give me the error on sbin/vboxconfig

[Anon_elliot]

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root@kriptarium-Computer ~>apt -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libqt5x11extras5 libsdl1.2debian
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libqt5x11extras5 libsdl1.2debian
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 175 kB of archives.
After this operation, 519 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 
Get:1xenial/universe amd64 libqt5x11extras5 amd64 5.5.1-3build1 [7 876 B]
Get:2  xenial/main amd64 libsdl1.2debian amd64 1.2.15+dfsg1-3 [168 kB]
Fetched 175 kB in 1s (144 kB/s)          
Selecting previously unselected package libqt5x11extras5:amd64.
(Reading database ... 227553 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libqt5x11extras5_5.5.1-3build1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libqt5x11extras5:amd64 (5.5.1-3build1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libsdl1.2debian:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../libsdl1.2debian_1.2.15+dfsg1-3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libsdl1.2debian:amd64 (1.2.15+dfsg1-3) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu5) ...
Setting up libqt5x11extras5:amd64 (5.5.1-3build1) ...
Setting up libsdl1.2debian:amd64 (1.2.15+dfsg1-3) ...
Setting up virtualbox-5.1 (5.1.12-112440~Ubuntu~xenial) ...
addgroup: The group `vboxusers' already exists as a system group. Exiting.
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.
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu5) ...

[Perryg]

It looks like dependences are getting in your way. Have you tried rebooting to see if it will clear out the cache and work properly?

[Anon_elliot]

I tried to disable secure boot in the bios and it worked , when i ran /sbin/vboxconfig he just Build the kernel modules and started them without any error ( i read on another forum that secure boot could be a problem)

Thanks for you time anyways , this was really simple in the end

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