Error with homestead up

Question

I following the instructions to setup homestead and homstead up return:

☁  ~  homestead up
Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> default: Importing base box 'laravel/homestead'...
There was an error while executing `VBoxManage`, a CLI used by Vagrant
for controlling VirtualBox. The command and stderr is shown below.

Command: ["import", "/Users/cmarfil/.vagrant.d/boxes/laravel-VAGRANTSLASH-homestead/0.2.2/virtualbox/box.ovf", "--vsys", "0", "--vmname", "settler_default_1419000625797_92760_1424667778246_80033", "--vsys", "0", "--unit", "7", "--disk", "/Users/cmarfil/VirtualBox VMs/settler_default_1419000625797_92760_1424667778246_80033/box-disk1.vmdk"]

Stderr: 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Interpreting /Users/cmarfil/.vagrant.d/boxes/laravel-VAGRANTSLASH-homestead/0.2.2/virtualbox/box.ovf...
OK.
0%...
Progress state: VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR
VBoxManage: error: Appliance import failed
VBoxManage: error: Could not create the imported medium '/Users/cmarfil/VirtualBox VMs/settler_default_1419000625797_92760_1424667778246_80033/box-disk1.vmdk'.
VBoxManage: error: VMDK: Compressed image is corrupted '/Users/cmarfil/.vagrant.d/boxes/laravel-VAGRANTSLASH-homestead/0.2.2/virtualbox/box-disk1.vmdk' (VERR_ZIP_CORRUPTED)
VBoxManage: error: Details: code VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR (0x80bb0004), component Appliance, interface IAppliance
VBoxManage: error: Context: "int handleImportAppliance(HandlerArg*)" at line 779 of file VBoxManageAppliance.cpp

I tested the method without composer with git clone and same result.

Any idea?

Thanks!

Answer 1

In my case I had changed my home folders user to another username, thus changing my folder structure. In the settings of VirtualBox you can specify what folder the VMs use.

Instructions how to change that folder can be found on a post at superuser: https://superuser.com/questions/256192/how-to-move-virtualbox-files