package virtualbox 4.3.14-dfsg-1build1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[W Hunter Blair]

Occurred while upgrading 14.04 to 14.10 using update-manager -d

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: virtualbox 4.3.14-dfsg-1build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-36.63-generic 3.13.11.6
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-36-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: vboxpci vboxnetadp vboxnetflt vboxdrv
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Sep 28 15:11:35 2014
DuplicateSignature: package:virtualbox:4.3.14-dfsg-1build1:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-04-26 (884 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
SourcePackage: virtualbox
Title: package virtualbox 4.3.14-dfsg-1build1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-09-28 (0 days ago)
VirtualBox.ModInfo:

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Carla Sella (carla-sella)]

Same problem occured to me upgrading 14.04 to 14.10 with update-manager -d -c on HP G62 laptop (https://gist.github.com/anonymous/b62dca1c2b9dcd29034e).

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1375018

[Carla Sella (carla-sella)]

If I launch sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get dist-upgrade after the upgrade I get:

letozaf@letozaf-HP-G62-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Setting up virtualbox (4.3.14-dfsg-1build1) ...
insserv: script virtualbox: service vboxdrv already provided!
insserv: exiting now!
update-rc.d: error: insserv rejected the script header
dpkg: error processing package virtualbox (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-qt:
 virtualbox-qt depends on virtualbox (= 4.3.14-dfsg-1build1); however:
  Package virtualbox is not configured yet.
  Package virtualbox-4.2 which provides virtualbox is not installed.
  Package virtualbox-4.1 which provides virtualbox is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package virtualbox-qt (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-dkms:
 virtualbox-dkms depends on virtualbox (>= 4.3.14-dfsg-1build1); however:
  Package virtualbox is not configured yet.
  Package virtualbox-4.2 which provides virtualbox is not installed.
  Package virtualbox-4.1 which provides virtualbox is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package virtualbox-dkms (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                                                                          No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                                  Errors were encountered while processing:
 virtualbox
 virtualbox-qt
 virtualbox-dkms
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package virtualbox - 4.3.26-dfsg-1

---------------
virtualbox (4.3.26-dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

  * Imported upstream release.
   * Conflict with upstream proprietary packages 4.3 series.
     (LP: #1371287, LP: #1375018, LP: #1385931, LP: #1386328, LP: #1421926)

 -- Gianfranco Costamagna <email address hidden> Tue, 17 Mar 2015 08:36:06 +0100