Public bug reported:
I tried to install virtualbox with apt and got these errors:
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox.
Preparing to unpack .../26-virtualbox_7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking virtualbox (7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-qt.
Preparing to unpack .../27-virtualbox-qt_7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking virtualbox-qt (7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.1) ...
Setting up libxcb-xinput0:amd64 (1.15-1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libvncserver1:amd64 (0.9.14+dfsg-1build2) ...
Setting up libqt5core5t64:amd64 (5.15.13+dfsg-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libxcb-xinerama0:amd64 (1.15-1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up qttranslations5-l10n (5.15.13-1) ...
Setting up libqt5sql5t64:amd64 (5.15.13+dfsg-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up virtualbox-dkms (7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.1) ...
Loading new virtualbox-7.0.16 DKMS files...
Error! No write access to DKMS tree at /var/lib/dkms
dpkg: error processing package virtualbox-dkms (--configure):
installed virtualbox-dkms package post-installation script subprocess returned
error exit status 1
Setting up libgsoap-2.8.132t64:amd64 (2.8.132-2.1build2) ...
Setting up libqt5dbus5t64:amd64 (5.15.13+dfsg-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libqt5sql5-sqlite:amd64 (5.15.13+dfsg-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libqt5network5t64:amd64 (5.15.13+dfsg-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libqt5xml5t64:amd64 (5.15.13+dfsg-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libqt5gui5t64:amd64 (5.15.13+dfsg-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libqt5qml5:amd64 (5.15.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox:
virtualbox depends on virtualbox-dkms (>= 7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.1) |
virtualbox-source (>= 7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.1) | virtualbox-modules; however:
Package virtualbox-dkms is not configured yet.
Package virtualbox-source is not installed.
Package virtualbox-modules is not installed.
Package virtualbox-dkms which provides virtualbox-modules is not configured
yet.
dpkg: error processing package virtualbox (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup
error from a previous failure.
Setting up libqt5x11extras5:amd64 (5.15.13-1) ...
Setting up libqt5qmlmodels5:amd64 (5.15.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up libqt5widgets5t64:amd64 (5.15.13+dfsg-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libqt5svg5:amd64 (5.15.13-1) ...
Setting up libqt5help5:amd64 (5.15.13-1) ...
Setting up qt5-gtk-platformtheme:amd64 (5.15.13+dfsg-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libqt5waylandclient5:amd64 (5.15.13-1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-qt:
virtualbox-qt depends on virtualbox (= 7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.1); however:
Package virtualbox is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package virtualbox-qt (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup
error from a previous failure.
Setting up libqt5opengl5t64:amd64
(5.15.13+dfsg-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libqt5quick5:amd64 (5.15.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up libqt5printsupport5t64:amd64 (5.15.13+dfsg-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libqt5waylandcompositor5:amd64 (5.15.13-1) ...
Setting up qtwayland5:amd64 (5.15.13-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.12.0-4build2) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (2.4-4) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.27-2build1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1.1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.39-0ubuntu8.6) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
virtualbox-dkms
virtualbox
virtualbox-qt
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
lsb_release output:
No LSB modules are available.
Description: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
Release: 24.04
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: virtualbox-dkms 7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.14.0-37.37~24.04.1-generic 6.14.11
Uname: Linux 6.14.0-37-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
Date: Thu Jan 1 12:35:55 2026
ErrorMessage: installed virtualbox-dkms package post-installation script
subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-12-26 (7 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64
(20250805.1)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.12, Python 3.12.3, python3-minimal,
3.12.3-0ubuntu2.1
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.22.6ubuntu6.5
apt 2.8.3
SourcePackage: virtualbox
Title: package virtualbox-dkms 7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.1 failed to
install/upgrade: installed virtualbox-dkms package post-installation script
subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
VirtualBox.DpkgList:
ii linux-headers-6.14.0-37-generic 6.14.0-37.37~24.04.1
amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 6.14.0
ii linux-headers-generic-hwe-24.04 6.14.0-37.37~24.04.1
amd64 Generic Linux kernel headers
iU virtualbox 7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.1
amd64 x86 virtualization solution - base binaries
iF virtualbox-dkms 7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.1
amd64 x86 virtualization solution - kernel module sources
for dkms
iU virtualbox-qt 7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.1
amd64 x86 virtualization solution - Qt based user interface
** Affects: virtualbox (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-package noble
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