Error when trying vagrant up

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I m using Vagrant for my environment and I ve got a little issue    vagrant up  Bringing machine  default  up with  virtualbox  provider       gt  default  Box  base  could not be found  Attempting to find and install        default  Box Provider  virtualbox     default  Box Version   gt   0    gt  default  Adding box  base   v0  for provider  virtualbox     default  Downloading  base  An error occurred while downloading the remote file  The error message  if any  is reproduced below  Please fix this error and try again   Couldn t open file  Users     base   I have initialised my project with vagrant init but for some reason vagrant up refuses to work

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I solved this problem by going to folder .vagrant.d/boxes/ under your home and changed name of the folder from laravel-VAGRANTSLASH-homestead to base. And it worked for me.

Please check if virtualization is enabled in your BIOS.

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Check the following entry in your Vagrantfile Every Vagrant development environment requires a box  You can search for boxes at https   vagrantcloud com search    config vm box    quot base quot   This is the default file setting which is created with vagrant init command  But what you need to do is do initialise vagrant environment with an OS box  For instance  vagrant init centos 7  And the Vagrantfile will look something like this  Every Vagrant development environment requires a box  You can search for boxes at https   vagrantcloud com search    config vm box    quot centos 7 quot   This will resolve the error of not found base when doing a vagrant up

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This happened due to having a vagrant file without a defined box name  this happen when you running  vagrant init with out a box name parameter   So you have to delete the Vagrant file then   vagrant init box-title vagrant up     I hope this could help

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If you re using OS X and used the standard install  Delete vagrant s old curl and it should now work  sudo rm  opt vagrant embedded bin curl

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edit the vagrant file created by vagrant init in the same directory and enter the box name in the line config vm box    ubuntu trusty64  where ubuntu trusty64 is your base box   Now vagrant up will download and set ubuntu trusty64 as base box for you

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vagrant init laravel homestead   and then  vagrant up   Was what worked for me

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With me I got an error when run vagrant up is  I used Macbook pro  Mac OS  10 12 1     An error occurred while downloading the remote file  The error message  if any  is reproduced below  Please fix this error and try again  Couldn t open file     I tried to delete the Vagrantfile in my folder and run   vagrant init hashicorp precise64  then   vagrant up  It can solved my problem  Hope this can help for someone who face the same problem

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well  actually you have to do   vagrant up laravel homestead   because according to homestead walkthrough you ve just downloaded it  http   laravel com docs 5 0 homestead by   vagrant box add laravel homestead   so you have to launch the box you mean to use - not some random ubuntu image

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Check Homestead yaml file carefully Check if there is any extra space character after line ends  Then  open gitbash -  go Homestead directory -  command  vagrant up --provision

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When you do vagrant init   it replaces the vagrant file in your repo and can give you that error  So I would suggest you copy the original vagrant file from remote or a backup vagrant file and try vagrant up after that    I came across same issue and I just copied the vagrant file from my remote repo and replaced the vagrant file I was trying to run  This synced the configurations in the vagrant file with the VM

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work to me these are the following steps    cd homestead  in your directory homestead folder  OR cd Homestead del vagrantfile or rm -Rf Vagrantfile vagrant init laravel homestead vagrant up

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In case  you added a box and started downloading it but interrupted that download  go to    vagrant d tmp  and delete the partial download file  then try again

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i experience this error too  I think it was because I failed to supply a box url    vagrant init precise64 http   files vagrantup com precise64 box

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This work for me on Windows 10  https   stackoverflow com a 31594225 2400373  But it is necessary to delete the file  Vagranfile after use the command   vagrant init precise64 http   files vagrantup com precise64 box   And after  vagrant up

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you can also just add the vm to your machine  vagrant box add precise32 http   files vagrantup com precise32 box

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Please run this in your terminal     vagrant box list   You will see something like laravel homestead virtualbox x x x   Next locate your Vagrantfile and locate the line that says  config vm box    box    replace box with the box name when you run vagrant box list

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I know this is old  but I got exactly the same error  Turns out I was missing this step that is clearly in the documentation   I needed to edit the Vagrantfile to set the config vm box equal to the image I had downloaded  hashicorp precise32  By default it was set to base   Here s what the documentation says      Now that the box has been added to Vagrant  we need to configure our   project to use it as a base  Open the Vagrantfile and change the   contents to the following   Vagrant configure  2   do  config    config vm box    hashicorp precise32  end

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There appears to be something wrong with the embedded curl program in Vagrant  Following the advice above I just renamed it  just in case I wanted it back  and vagrant up began to work as expected   On my mac        vagrant d  sudo mv  opt vagrant embedded bin curl  opt vagrant embedded bin curlOLD Password

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Follow the below syntax when creating the virtual box      vagrant box add  title   url     vagrant init  title     vagrant up   See http   www vagrantbox es

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I faced same issue when I ran following commands   vagrant init vagrant up   Bringing machine  default  up with  virtualbox  provider       gt  default  Box  base  could not be found  Attempting to find and install        default  Box Provider  virtualbox     default  Box Version   gt   0    gt  default  Box file was not detected as metadata  Adding it directly       gt  default  Adding box  base   v0  for provider  virtualbox     default  Downloading  base An error occurred while downloading the remote file  The error message  if any  is reproduced below  Please fix this error and try again   Couldn t open file  home       base   I corrected with    gt vagrant init laravel homestead  gt Vagrant up   It worked for me   Happy coding

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if  Vagrantfile  already exists in this directory  Remove it before running  vagrant init    error shows then  1  rm Vagrantfile 2  vagrant init hashicorp precise64 3  vagrant up

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The first and most important step before starting a Vagrant is  check which all boxes are present in your system  Use this command for getting the list of boxes available  vagrant box list Then move to further process that is  selecting a particular box vagrant init ubuntu trusty64  I have selected ubuntu trusty64  then  vagrant up Thanks

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It looks like you may have created a Vagrant project with just vagrant init  That will create your Vagrantfile  but it won t have a box defined   Instead  you could try    vagrant init hashicorp precise32    vagrant up  which uses a standard Ubuntu image  The Vagrant website has a Getting Started which gives some good examples

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