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Old 12-30-2018, 10:19 AM   #1
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The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist ubuntu 18.04


Hi

I am facing the following issue while using the virtiualbox command after installing virtualbox

WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist.
Please install the virtualbox-dkms package and the appropriate
headers, most likely linux-headers-Microsoft.



Versions:

virtualbox-5.2.18
 
Old 12-30-2018, 10:20 AM   #2
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so the virtualbox-dkms package is installed? Was the installation of virtualbox completed and error-free? (probably a reboot helps, but I'm not really sure about that)
 
Old 12-30-2018, 10:24 AM   #3
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The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist

DKMS: install completed.
Building initial module for 4.15.0-43-generic
/usr/sbin/dkms: line 83: 1980 Terminated sleep 3


I have installed number of times ..I have observed the above statement (I am suspecting this might cause issue.)
 
Old 12-30-2018, 10:29 AM   #4
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sorry, I don't know what is that. http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-ques...html#beprecise
 
  


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