Can't install virtual box on kali linux issue

hello, my name is drew and i am having problems installing virtual box on kali. i have checked the forum and there seems to be no solution to my problem. kindly assist.
when i try to install vb via the terminal, i get the following error:

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apt-get install virtualbox Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libgsoap2 libvncserver0 virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-qt Suggested packages: libvncserver0-dbg virtualbox-guest-additions-iso vde2 The following packages will be REMOVED: virtualbox-4.3 The following NEW packages will be installed: libgsoap2 libvncserver0 virtualbox virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-qt 0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 1 to remove and 122 not upgraded. Need to get 18.5 MB of archives. After this operation, 88.0 MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Get:1 http://http.kali.org/ /kali/main libvncserver0 i386 0.9.9+dfsg-1 [277 kB] Get:2 http://http.kali.org/ /kali/main libgsoap2 i386 2.8.7-2 [540 kB] Get:3 http://http.kali.org/ /kali/main virtualbox i386 4.1.18-dfsg-2.1 [12.9 MB] Get:4 http://http.kali.org/ /kali/main virtualbox i386 4.1.18-dfsg-2.1 [12.9 MB] 25% [4 virtualbox 3,871 kB/12.9 MB 30%] Get:5 http://http.kali.org/ /kali/main virtualbox i386 4.1.18-dfsg-2.1 [12.9 MB] Get:6 http://http.kali.org/ /kali/main virtualbox i386 4.1.18-dfsg-2.1 [12.9 MB] Get:7 http://http.kali.org/ /kali/main virtualbox-dkms all 4.1.18-dfsg-2.1 [496 kB] Get:8 http://http.kali.org/ /kali/main virtualbox-qt i386 4.1.18-dfsg-2.1 [4,236 kB] Fetched 10.4 MB in 9min 7s (19.1 kB/s) (Reading database ... 296954 files and directories currently installed.) Removing virtualbox-4.3 ... Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules ...done. Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus ... Processing triggers for shared-mime-info ... Selecting previously unselected package libvncserver0:i386. (Reading database ... 296208 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libvncserver0:i386 (from .../libvncserver0_0.9.9+dfsg-1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package libgsoap2. Unpacking libgsoap2 (from .../libgsoap2_2.8.7-2_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox. Unpacking virtualbox (from .../virtualbox_4.1.18-dfsg-2.1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-dkms. Unpacking virtualbox-dkms (from .../virtualbox-dkms_4.1.18-dfsg-2.1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-qt. Unpacking virtualbox-qt (from .../virtualbox-qt_4.1.18-dfsg-2.1_i386.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus ... Processing triggers for shared-mime-info ... Processing triggers for menu ... Setting up libvncserver0:i386 (0.9.9+dfsg-1) ... Setting up libgsoap2 (2.8.7-2) ... Setting up virtualbox (4.1.18-dfsg-2.1) ... insserv: script virtualbox: service vboxdrv already provided! insserv: exiting now! update-rc.d: error: insserv rejected the script header dpkg: error processing virtualbox (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-dkms: virtualbox-dkms depends on virtualbox (>= 4.1.18-dfsg-2.1); however: Package virtualbox is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing virtualbox-dkms (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-qt: virtualbox-qt depends on virtualbox (= 4.1.18-dfsg-2.1); however: Package virtualbox is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing virtualbox-qt (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: virtualbox virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-qt E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

this is the information found on vbox-install.log:

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Uninstalling modules from DKMS Attempting to install using DKMS Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.3.2/source -> /usr/src/vboxhost-4.3.2 DKMS: add completed. Failed to install using DKMS, attempting to install without Makefile:183: *** Error: unable to find the sources of your current Linux kernel. Specify KERN_DIR=<directory> and run Make again. Stop.

if anyone can help,kindly assist a n00b in a sea of linux

I'm having the same problem here. Any help ???

I'm not so sure if this will solve your problem, but have you installed the guest additions?
Instructions are here.

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Originally Posted by vjose

I'm having the same problem here. Any help ???

hi :)
if this can help you:
I did a little-test to install virtualbox (from-"default"-repository) in my KALI-1.05--64bit(VM) ... and it seems that everything works!!:
https://vimeo.com/81032416
bye

thank you for the help. some how I fixed the problem and don't remember how lol. I think I just end it up downloading the debian version :)

thanks for the link, it helped

wow, great video. thanks a lot

all is good, thanks to soxrok2212 and zimmaro:D

Hi i am trying to install VirtualBox on my kali linux computer. I have followed many of the steps others have given. I am getting these errors when i try and install VirtualBox

update-rc.d: error: insserv rejected the script header
dpkg: error processing virtualbox (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-qt:
virtualbox-qt depends on virtualbox (= 4.3.10-dfsg-1~bpo70+1); however:
Package virtualbox is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing virtualbox-qt (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-dkms:
virtualbox-dkms depends on virtualbox (>= 4.3.10-dfsg-1~bpo70+1); however:
Package virtualbox is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing virtualbox-dkms (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

what should i do to next to reslove this problem?