package virtualbox-ose-dkms (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 5

[natsmith9]

Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose

Trying to install VirtualBox from Synaptic

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: virtualbox-ose-dkms (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-9.43-generic 2.6.38.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-9-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jun 8 21:57:27 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 5
SourcePackage: virtualbox-ose
Title: package virtualbox-ose-dkms (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 5
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-30 (9 days ago)
VirtualBoxOse.ModInfo:

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Felix Geyer (debfx)]

You had some 3rd party packages installed:
rc virtualbox-2.1 2.1.4-42893_Ubuntu_hardy Sun xVM VirtualBox
rc virtualbox-3.0 3.0.12-54655_Ubuntu_hardy Sun VirtualBox

Try purging them first and if that doesn't help manually remove /var/lib/dkms/vboxnetflt.

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

from the log:

Unpacking virtualbox-ose-dkms (from .../virtualbox-ose-dkms_4.0.4-dfsg-1ubuntu4_all.deb) ...
dkms.conf: Error! No 'DEST_MODULE_LOCATION' directive specified.
dkms.conf: Error! No 'PACKAGE_NAME' directive specified.
dkms.conf: Error! No 'PACKAGE_VERSION' directive specified.
Removing obsolete module vboxnetflt version 2.1.0
dkms.conf: Error! No 'DEST_MODULE_LOCATION' directive specified.
dkms.conf: Error! No 'PACKAGE_NAME' directive specified.
dkms.conf: Error! No 'PACKAGE_VERSION' directive specified.

Error! Bad conf file.
File: /var/lib/dkms/vboxnetflt/2.1.0/source/dkms.conf does not represent
a valid dkms.conf file.