Can't install Vagrant box Laravel Homestead

Question

I'm trying to install Laravel Homestead on Mac OS X following the official documentation instructions on here.

I installed VirtualBox and Vagrant. Now I'm trying to add the Homestead box with the command vagrant box add laravel/homestead. After a while the download stops and I get an error. It doesn't let me restore the download so I have to delete the partial download file and start from zero. I've tried it many times.

I think my Internet connection has something to do since it's kinda slow and it's a large file.

Here's the complete code:

$ vagrant box add laravel/homestead
==> box: Loading metadata for box 'laravel/homestead'
    box: URL: https://atlas.hashicorp.com/laravel/homestead
This box can work with multiple providers! The providers that it
can work with are listed below. Please review the list and choose
the provider you will be working with.

1) virtualbox
2) vmware_desktop

Enter your choice: 1
==> box: Adding box 'laravel/homestead' (v0.2.7) for provider: virtualbox
    box: Downloading: https://atlas.hashicorp.com/laravel/boxes/homestead/versions/0.2.7/providers/virtualbox.box
An error occurred while downloading the remote file. The error
message, if any, is reproduced below. Please fix this error and try
again.

transfer closed with 935392411 bytes remaining to read

After retrying:

An error occurred while downloading the remote file. The error
message, if any, is reproduced below. Please fix this error and try
again.

HTTP server doesn't seem to support byte ranges. Cannot resume.

Any help is appreciated.

Solution 1

A. Go to .vagrant.d\tmp\ and delete the partial download file, then try again.

B. If that fails, you could attempt downloading the file manually using a browser or other tool. Once downloaded, you can import it using vagrant box add laravel/homestead path/to/virtualbox.box.

(Edited: Adds second answer from comments below.)

Solution 2

Try this:
rm ~/.vagrant.d/tmp/*or rm -R ~/.vagrant.d/tmp/*

Then vagrant up again.

Solution 3

Go to C:\Users\YourUSERNAME\.vagrant.d\tmp and delete all the files. Then type following command:

vagrant box add laravel/homestead

Solution 4

Try:

vagrant box add laravel/homestead -c

Solution 5

If you're using Vagrant V2 then you can use the --clean flag when adding a box.

vagrant box add laravel/homestead --clean

--clean - If given, Vagrant will remove any old temporary files from prior downloads of the same URL. This is useful if you don't want Vagrant to resume a download from a previous point, perhaps because the contents changed.

Vagrant Documentation

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Comments

[Alonso Arellano]

I've done that many times already. Do you know if there's another option?

[Chris Vogt]

Hmm, you could attempt downloading the file manually using a browser or other tool. Once downloaded, you can import it using vagrant box add laravel/homestead path/to/virtualbox.box.

[user2094178]

For me it only works the way Vogt suggests in the comments.

[goodforenergy]

I struggled with this for ages, even downloading manually wouldn't work in Chrome, Safari or via a curl - but for some reason Firefox succeeded where the others failed.

[Volatil3]

@ChrisVogt but instead of a .box file it downloads the file hc-download

[ydobonebi]

Did you fail to read the question? In the question what you suggest is exactly what is failing to work and thus the question.

[Chris Kolodin]

@ydobonebi the documentation for the flag '-c' states: "Clean any temporary download files". using this flag removes the files associated with the partial download in .vagrant.d/tmp/ before attempting to add the box. it is behaviorally equivalent to removing the contents of the .vagrant.d/tmp directory and then retrying to add the box.

[Sinan Eldem]

Worked for me. Thanks.

[Reisclef]

Thanks for providing a Windows location for the temp files!

[Kevin]

You can see how to download it manually using this link laravel.io/forum/…

[Capuchin]

Worked for me - had some tmp files.

[502_Geek]

It's worked. If I tried to download with --insecure, it's didn't work properly dude. Thanks