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:
this is the information found on vbox-install.log:Code: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)
if anyone can help,kindly assist a n00b in a sea of linuxCode: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.
