How do I resolve ‘The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist’ error in Ubuntu 18.04 [closed]

It clearly states that you need to install the virtualbox-dkms packages. You can follow these steps to solve the problem.

  • Install the virtualbox-dkms
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-dkms
  • Once you install those packages you also need to do the reconfiguration:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure virtualbox-dkms
sudo dpkg-reconfigure virtualbox
  • If your problem is still not fixed try installing the headers:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic

You can refer to this Virtualbox Wiki if any of the above won’t work. Also, you may want to check this similar problem on Ubuntu 14.04

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