without sudo: E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root? real 0m8.879s user 0m7.456s sys 0m0.964s with sudo: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: dkms fakeroot virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-guest-x11 Suggested packages: dpkg-dev debhelper The following NEW packages will be installed: dkms fakeroot virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-guest-x11 0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 1,548 kB/1,710 kB of archives. After this operation, 11.0 MB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/universe virtualbox-guest-utils amd64 4.1.22-dfsg-0ubuntu2 [293 kB] Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/universe virtualbox-guest-dkms all 4.1.22-dfsg-0ubuntu2 [420 kB] Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/universe virtualbox-guest-x11 amd64 4.1.22-dfsg-0ubuntu2 [835 kB] Fetched 1,548 kB in 44s (34.8 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package dkms. (Reading database ... 134818 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking dkms (from .../dkms_2.2.0.3-1.1ubuntu2_all.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-guest-utils. Unpacking virtualbox-guest-utils (from .../virtualbox-guest-utils_4.1.22-dfsg-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-guest-dkms. Unpacking virtualbox-guest-dkms (from .../virtualbox-guest-dkms_4.1.22-dfsg-0ubuntu2_all.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-guest-x11. Unpacking virtualbox-guest-x11 (from .../virtualbox-guest-x11_4.1.22-dfsg-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package fakeroot. Unpacking fakeroot (from .../fakeroot_1.18.4-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Setting up dkms (2.2.0.3-1.1ubuntu2) ... Setting up virtualbox-guest-utils (4.1.22-dfsg-0ubuntu2) ... Setting up fakeroot (1.18.4-2ubuntu1) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/fakeroot-sysv to provide /usr/bin/fakeroot (fakeroot) in auto mode Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Setting up virtualbox-guest-dkms (4.1.22-dfsg-0ubuntu2) ... Loading new virtualbox-guest-4.1.22 DKMS files... First Installation: checking all kernels... Building only for 3.8.0-2-generic Building initial module for 3.8.0-2-generic Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/dkms_packages.py", line 22, in import apport ImportError: No module named apport Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.8.0-2-generic (x86_64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-guest/4.1.22/build/make.log for more information. Setting up virtualbox-guest-x11 (4.1.22-dfsg-0ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place 14.82user 10.53system 1:21.02elapsed 31%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 52024maxresident)k 85316inputs+0outputs (830major+412676minor)pagefaults 0swaps second run, with sudo: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 6.25user 0.44system 0:07.02elapsed 95%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 45820maxresident)k 2138inputs+0outputs (22major+28463minor)pagefaults 0swaps hopefully something there should help.