I did purge and remove VirtualBox, and I’m still getting the same errors, how do I remove the VirtualBox drivers completely?
sudo apt remove virtualbox
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree… Done
Reading state information… Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
virtualbox virtualbox-qt
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 10 not upgraded.
After this operation, 190 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database … 572279 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing virtualbox-qt (7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.1) …
Removing virtualbox (7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.1) …
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) …
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1.1ubuntu3) …
Processing triggers for mate-menus (1.26.1+mint1) …
Processing triggers for man-db (2.12.0-4build2) …
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (2.4-4) …
Processing triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1ubuntu1) …
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.27-2build1) …
sudo apt purge virtualbox
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree… Done
Reading state information… Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
virtualbox*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 10 not upgraded.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database … 571941 files and directories currently installed.)
Purging configuration files for virtualbox (7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.1) …
sudo apt install linux-image-6.17.0-14-generic linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree… Done
Reading state information… Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
linux-modules-6.17.0-14-generic
Suggested packages:
linux-hwe-6.17-tools linux-modules-extra-6.17.0-14-generic
The following NEW packages will be installed:
linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic linux-image-6.17.0-14-generic
linux-modules-6.17.0-14-generic
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 10 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/62.2 MB of archives.
After this operation, 89.4 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic.
(Reading database … 571939 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack …/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic_6.17.0-14.14~24.04.1_amd64.deb …
Unpacking linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic (6.17.0-14.14~24.04.1) …
Selecting previously unselected package linux-modules-6.17.0-14-generic.
Preparing to unpack …/linux-modules-6.17.0-14-generic_6.17.0-14.14~24.04.1_amd64.deb …
Unpacking linux-modules-6.17.0-14-generic (6.17.0-14.14~24.04.1) …
Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-6.17.0-14-generic.
Preparing to unpack …/linux-image-6.17.0-14-generic_6.17.0-14.14~24.04.1_amd64.deb …
Unpacking linux-image-6.17.0-14-generic (6.17.0-14.14~24.04.1) …
Setting up linux-modules-6.17.0-14-generic (6.17.0-14.14~24.04.1) …
Setting up linux-image-6.17.0-14-generic (6.17.0-14.14~24.04.1) …
I: /boot/vmlinuz.old is now a symlink to vmlinuz-6.14.0-37-generic
I: /boot/initrd.img.old is now a symlink to initrd.img-6.14.0-37-generic
I: /boot/vmlinuz is now a symlink to vmlinuz-6.17.0-14-generic
I: /boot/initrd.img is now a symlink to initrd.img-6.17.0-14-generic
Setting up linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic (6.17.0-14.14~24.04.1) …
/etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms:
- dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.17.0-14-generic
Sign command: /usr/bin/kmodsign
Signing key: /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.priv
Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.der
Building module:
Cleaning build area…
make -j16 KERNELRELEASE=6.17.0-14-generic -C /lib/modules/6.17.0-14-generic/build M=/var/lib
/dkms/virtualbox/7.0.16/build…(bad exit status: 2)
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.17.0-14-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/7.0.16/build/make.log for more information.
dkms autoinstall on 6.17.0-14-generic/x86_64 failed for virtualbox(10)
Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
Refer to previous errors for more information.
- dkms: autoinstall for kernel 6.17.0-14-generic
…fail!
run-parts: /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 11
dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic (–configure):
installed linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic package post-installation script subprocess retur
ned error exit status 11
Processing triggers for linux-image-6.17.0-14-generic (6.17.0-14.14~24.04.1) …
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms: - dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.17.0-14-generic
Sign command: /usr/bin/kmodsign
Signing key: /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.priv
Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.der
Building module:
Cleaning build area…
make -j16 KERNELRELEASE=6.17.0-14-generic -C /lib/modules/6.17.0-14-generic/build M=/var/lib
/dkms/virtualbox/7.0.16/build…(bad exit status: 2)
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.17.0-14-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/7.0.16/build/make.log for more information.
dkms autoinstall on 6.17.0-14-generic/x86_64 failed for virtualbox(10)
Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
Refer to previous errors for more information.
- dkms: autoinstall for kernel 6.17.0-14-generic
…fail!
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 11
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-6.17.0-14-generic (–configure):
installed linux-image-6.17.0-14-generic package post-installation script subprocess returne
d error exit status 11
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic
linux-image-6.17.0-14-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)