Here's the log of the clean install.
$ sudo apt-get purge dkms virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-qt virtualbox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
dkms* virtualbox* virtualbox-dkms* virtualbox-qt*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 4 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
After this operation, 88.0 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
(Reading database ... 219972 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing virtualbox-dkms (4.3.18-dfsg-2ubuntu2) ...
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Deleting module version: 4.3.18
completely from the DKMS tree.
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Done.
Removing dkms (2.2.0.3-1.1ubuntu5.14.10) ...
Purging configuration files for dkms (2.2.0.3-1.1ubuntu5.14.10) ...
Removing virtualbox-qt (4.3.18-dfsg-2ubuntu2) ...
Purging configuration files for virtualbox-qt (4.3.18-dfsg-2ubuntu2) ...
Removing virtualbox (4.3.18-dfsg-2ubuntu2) ...
* Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules [ OK ]
Purging configuration files for virtualbox (4.3.18-dfsg-2ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-2) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.1+14.10.20140925-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.55ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.2-0ubuntu3) ...
$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
dkms virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-qt
The following NEW packages will be installed:
dkms virtualbox virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-qt
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/21.2 MB of archives.
After this operation, 88.0 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox.
(Reading database ... 219363 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../virtualbox_4.3.18-dfsg-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking virtualbox (4.3.18-dfsg-2ubuntu2) ...
Selecting previously unselected package dkms.
Preparing to unpack .../dkms_2.2.0.3-1.1ubuntu5.14.10_all.deb ...
Unpacking dkms (2.2.0.3-1.1ubuntu5.14.10) ...
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-dkms.
Preparing to unpack .../virtualbox-dkms_4.3.18-dfsg-2ubuntu2_all.deb ...
Unpacking virtualbox-dkms (4.3.18-dfsg-2ubuntu2) ...
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-qt.
Preparing to unpack .../virtualbox-qt_4.3.18-dfsg-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking virtualbox-qt (4.3.18-dfsg-2ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-2) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.2-0ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.1+14.10.20140925-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.55ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ...
Setting up virtualbox (4.3.18-dfsg-2ubuntu2) ...
* Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules [ OK ]
* Starting VirtualBox kernel modules
* No suitable module for running kernel found
[fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript virtualbox, action "restart" failed.
Setting up dkms (2.2.0.3-1.1ubuntu5.14.10) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
Setting up virtualbox-dkms (4.3.18-dfsg-2ubuntu2) ...
Loading new virtualbox-4.3.18 DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 3.13.0-46-generic
Module build for the currently running kernel was skipped since the
kernel source for this kernel does not seem to be installed.
* Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules [ OK ]
* Starting VirtualBox kernel modules
* No suitable module for running kernel found
[fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript virtualbox, action "restart" failed.
Setting up virtualbox-qt (4.3.18-dfsg-2ubuntu2) ...
** Changed in: virtualbox (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => New
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The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist.
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