Unable to run Vagrant on Ubuntu 16.04

Question

I just recently installed Vagrant and Virtualbox but am unable to run Vagrant. I'm getting the following error when I run 'vagrant up':

roosterlegs@roosterlegs-Lenovo-Y50-70:~/vagrant_proj$ vagrant up
VirtualBox is complaining that the installation is incomplete. Please
run `VBoxManage --version` to see the error message which should contain
instructions on how to fix this error.

Then when I run 'VBoxManage --version', I get:

roosterlegs@roosterlegs-Lenovo-Y50-70:~/vagrant_proj$ VBoxManage --version
WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist.
     Please install the virtualbox-dkms package and the appropriate
     headers, most likely linux-headers-generic.

     You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
5.0.18_Ubuntur106667

I have tried a number of solutions such as the instructions here: How to correct virtualbox installation, but nothing has seemed to work.

Please help.

You sure you have `linux-headers-generic` and `virtualbox-ose-dkms` installed? — Ownaginatious, Jun 04 '16 at 00:19
I believe I have `linux-headers-generic`, but when I try to install the other one, I get an error: `E: Unable to locate package virtualbox-ose-dkms` — Stephen R Chen, Jun 04 '16 at 00:24
run `dpkg --get-selections | grep linux-headers-generic` if package is not installed run `sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic` — Frederic Henri, Jun 04 '16 at 09:36
I already have those installed. Still getting the same errors when I try to run `vagrant up`. — Stephen R Chen, Jun 05 '16 at 22:32
secure boot was the issue , I just disabled and then it starts to work — Thamaraiselvam, Apr 21 '17 at 10:16

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 17 '17 at 06:22

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For others who are also having the issue, disable the secure boot. Worked to me.

answered Feb 17 '17 at 06:22

aomanansala

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 10 '16 at 22:47

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Reinstalling virtualbox-dkms (via aptitude reinstall virtualbox-dkms) did the trick for me. It forced the rebuild of the modules and whatnot, now my VMs boot again =)

Hope this helps

answered Jul 10 '16 at 22:47

Martin Bahier

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Unable to run Vagrant on Ubuntu 16.04

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