A copy of VirtualBox is currently running

[Panos Kavalagios]

Update fails:

# dnf update                                                 
Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:03 ago on Τρι 03 Ιουλ 2018 09:42:09 πμ EEST.
Dependencies resolved.
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 Package           Arch      Version                        Repository     Size
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Upgrading:
 VirtualBox-5.2    x86_64    5.2.14_123301_fedora26-1       virtualbox     69 M

Transaction Summary
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Upgrade  1 Package

Total download size: 69 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.14_123301_fedora26-1.x86_64.  11 MB/s |  69 MB     00:06    
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Total                                            11 MB/s |  69 MB     00:06     
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
  Preparing        :                                                        1/1 
  Running scriptlet: VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.14_123301_fedora26-1.x86_64         1/2 
A copy of VirtualBox is currently running.  Please close it and try again.
Please note that it can take up to ten seconds for VirtualBox (in particular
the VBoxSVC daemon) to finish running.
error: %prein(VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.14_123301_fedora26-1.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
Error in PREIN scriptlet in rpm package VirtualBox-5.2
Error in PREIN scriptlet in rpm package VirtualBox-5.2
VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.14_123301_fedora26-1.x86_64 was supposed to be installed but is not!
  Verifying        : VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.14_123301_fedora26-1.x86_64         1/2 
VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.12_122591_fedora26-1.x86_64 was supposed to be removed but is not!
  Verifying        : VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.12_122591_fedora26-1.x86_64         2/2 

Failed:
  VirtualBox-5.2.x86_64 5.2.14_123301_fedora26-1                                

Error: Transaction failed

[Panos Kavalagios]

There was indeed a forgotten VM running in another desktop. I have stopped it and the update was performed successfully. You may close the ticket.