Problem with the installation of VirtualBox
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14.04
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I am trying to install virtualbox and make it work but it doesn't seem I can. In the image you can seem the output.
If I run VBoxManage --version
I get:
WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist.
Please install the virtualbox-dkms package and the appropriate
headers, most likely linux-headers-generic.
You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
4.3.10_Ubuntur93012
But virtualbox-dkms is already installed and at the latest version. So I tried to reinstall it and i got this:
Any help will be appreciated.
EDIT:
The output after reconfigure (@M.Tarun suggestion):
EDIT 2:
Also installed the sources as @Hmayag instructed, purged virtualbox and installed it again but I got the same problem.
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