Please try purging the virtualbox-2.1 package first. This is fixed as virtualbox-ose and virtualbox-[version] conflict with each other for some time now.
** Changed in: virtualbox-ose (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Released -- Cannot uninstall virtualbox-ose: /etc/init.d/vboxdrv exists during rc.d purge (when virtualbox is installed, too) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/337993 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs