However on subsequent updates I was still receiving the same error regarding virtualbox-dkms, even though the process was no longer used. In order to fix this I reinstalled virtualbox v.6.1.16 directly from their website following the instructions found here. This error can be seen either at: cat /var/log/apt/history.log

Įrrors were encountered while processing: Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1). Installed virtualbox-dkms package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10 So I ended up with an error like this: Loading new virtualbox-6.1.10 DKMS files.īuilding initial module for 5.8.0-36-genericĮRROR: Cannot create report: File exists: '/var/crash/virtualbox-dkms.0.crash'Įrror! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.8.0-36-generic (x86_64)Ĭonsult /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/make.log for more information.ĭpkg: error processing package virtualbox-dkms (-configure): Previously, virtualbox-dkms, had been compiled and reinstalling removes the functioning package and which fails with an error ( status 10).

These are all known issues, however my problem arose when I erroneously tried reinstalling vbox from the package store.

The issue was that installing virtual box from the ubuntu software center installed v6.1.10 which is incompatible with the current ubuntu kernel version, v 5.8.xx. I had an issue recently with Ubuntu 20.04 and Virtual Box 6.1.10 that's similar to what has been documented here and here. This is regarding a failing apt-get install or update related to virtualbox 6.1.10, Ubuntu 20.04, and virtualbox-dkms package failing to build. Not so much as a question as a documentation.

Virtualbox on ubuntu 20.04