package virtualbox 5.1.26-dfsg-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Aleksandar Dezelin]

I tried to install virtualbox with sudo apt install virtualbox

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: virtualbox 5.1.26-dfsg-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.12.0-12.13-generic 4.12.8
Uname: Linux 4.12.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Sep 3 17:04:43 2017
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-02 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170720)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.2, python3-minimal, 3.6.1-0ubuntu3
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.13, python-minimal, 2.7.13-2
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.24ubuntu1
 apt 1.5~rc1~ubuntu1
SourcePackage: virtualbox
Title: package virtualbox 5.1.26-dfsg-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.12.0-12-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/5.1.26/build/make.log for more information.
Setting up virtualbox (5.1.26-dfsg-2) ...
dpkg-query: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0150' near line 0:

can you please try again? it might be happened because of some change in artful, but it might be ok now
(we did some transition in the last few days, so things might have been inconsistent for a while)

dpkg-reconfigure virtualbox-dkms should do the trick

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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