Thanks, Seth. I tried bringing in wireguard-dkms because the error
indicated that wireguard's kernel module was unavailable. Here are the
wireguard.ko files I have on my machine:

    $ locate wireguard.ko
    /lib/modules/5.3.0-7625-generic/updates/dkms/wireguard.ko
    /lib/modules/5.3.0-7648-generic/updates/dkms/wireguard.ko
    
/var/lib/dkms/wireguard/1.0.20200611/5.3.0-7625-generic/x86_64/module/wireguard.ko
    
/var/lib/dkms/wireguard/1.0.20200611/5.3.0-7648-generic/x86_64/module/wireguard.ko

Where should wireguard.ko be located?

The kernel version is for a system76 machine:

    $ apt-cache showpkg linux-image-5.3.0-7648-generic 
    Package: linux-image-5.3.0-7648-generic
    Versions: 
    5.3.0-7648.41~1586790036~18.04~600aeb5~dev 
(/var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpad.net_system76-dev_stable_ubuntu_dists_bionic_main_binary-amd64_Packages)
 (/var/lib/dpkg/status)
     Description Language: 
                     File: 
/var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpad.net_system76-dev_stable_ubuntu_dists_bionic_main_binary-amd64_Packages
                      MD5: 54f64bb6b6073de5c5cf3e4d83f02c4c
     Description Language: en
                     File: 
/var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpad.net_system76-dev_stable_ubuntu_dists_bionic_main_i18n_Translation-en
                      MD5: 54f64bb6b6073de5c5cf3e4d83f02c4c

BTW, I was able to temporarily work around this issue by following this
advice, which involves installing wireguard-dkms from the wireguard-
linux-compat PPA:
https://www.reddit.com/r/WireGuard/comments/hnavus/cant_build_wireguarddkms_for_ubuntu_1804_with/fxcid5x/

Best regards,
Alex

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