vagrant up error: was not found in the PATH variable

[Lauren Malhoit]

Hi All,

This is my first time running vagrant.  I installed the .deb 64bit package on an Ubuntu 12.04 virtualbox VM.  I ran vagrant add precise64 http://etc, etc. and then vagrant init precise64.  All of that seemed to work fine.  I then ran vagrant up and I get the error:

The executable '%(file)' Vagrant is trying to run was not found in the PATH variable.  This is an error.  Please verify this software is installed and on the path.  

I did read that I needed to add /opt/vagrant/bin to the PATH and when I run echo $PATH I see it at the end of the list.  I've also tried just running /opt/vagrant/bin/vagrant up and that didn't work either.  I get the same error.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Lauren

[Andrew O'Brien]

Same issue. I just installed v1.2.3 (on a Mac OS 10.7.5) and followed the instructions. Running `VAGRANT_LOG=debug vagrant up` I got:

(snip plugin info)

 INFO manager: Registered plugin: shell

 INFO vagrant: `vagrant` invoked: ["up"]

DEBUG vagrant: Creating Vagrant environment

 INFO environment: Environment initialized (#<Vagrant::Environment:0x00000100b7e818>)

 INFO environment:   - cwd: /Users/aobrien/Play/vagrant

 INFO environment: Home path: /Users/aobrien/.vagrant.d

 INFO environment: Local data path: /Users/aobrien/Play/vagrant/.vagrant

DEBUG environment: Creating: /Users/aobrien/Play/vagrant/.vagrant

DEBUG environment: Loading plugins from: /Users/aobrien/.vagrant.d/plugins.json

 INFO environment: Running hook: environment_load

 INFO environment: Initializing config...

 INFO loader: Set :default = "/Applications/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.2.3/config/default.rb"

DEBUG loader: Populating proc cache for "/Applications/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.2.3/config/default.rb"

DEBUG loader: Load procs for pathname: /Applications/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.2.3/config/default.rb

 INFO loader: Set :root = #<Pathname:/Users/aobrien/Play/vagrant/Vagrantfile>

DEBUG loader: Populating proc cache for #<Pathname:/Users/aobrien/Play/vagrant/Vagrantfile>

DEBUG loader: Load procs for pathname: /Users/aobrien/Play/vagrant/Vagrantfile

 INFO loader: Loading configuration in order: [:default, :home, :root]

DEBUG loader: Loading from: default (evaluating)

DEBUG loader: Loading from: root (evaluating)

DEBUG loader: Configuration loaded successfully, finalizing and returning

DEBUG hosts: Host path search classes: [VagrantPlugins::HostWindows::Host, VagrantPlugins::HostOpenSUSE::Host, VagrantPlugins::HostArch::Host, VagrantPlugins::HostFedora::Host, VagrantPlugins::HostFreeBSD::Host, VagrantPlugins::HostGentoo::Host, VagrantPlugins::HostLinux::Host, VagrantPlugins::HostBSD::Host]

 INFO hosts: Host class: VagrantPlugins::HostBSD::Host

 INFO runner: Running action: #<Vagrant::Action::Builder:0x00000100c01ec0>

 INFO cli: CLI: [] "up" []

DEBUG cli: Invoking command class: VagrantPlugins::CommandUp::Command []

DEBUG command: 'Up' each target VM...

DEBUG command: Getting target VMs for command. Arguments:

DEBUG command:  -- names: []

DEBUG command:  -- options: {:provider=>nil}

DEBUG command: Loading all machines...

 INFO environment: Getting machine: default (virtualbox)

 INFO environment: Uncached load of machine.

 INFO loader: Set :vm_default = []

 INFO loader: Loading configuration in order: [:default, :home, :root, :vm_default]

DEBUG loader: Loading from: default (cache)

DEBUG loader: Loading from: root (cache)

DEBUG loader: Configuration loaded successfully, finalizing and returning

 INFO environment: Provider-supported box formats: [:virtualbox]

 INFO box_collection: Searching for box: precise32 (virtualbox) in /Users/aobrien/.vagrant.d/boxes/precise32/virtualbox/metadata.json

 INFO box_collection: Box found: precise32 (virtualbox)

 INFO environment: Box found with format: virtualbox

 INFO environment: Box exists with Vagrantfile. Reloading machine config.

 INFO loader: Set :box_precise32_virtualbox = #<Pathname:/Users/aobrien/.vagrant.d/boxes/precise32/virtualbox/Vagrantfile>

DEBUG loader: Populating proc cache for #<Pathname:/Users/aobrien/.vagrant.d/boxes/precise32/virtualbox/Vagrantfile>

DEBUG loader: Load procs for pathname: /Users/aobrien/.vagrant.d/boxes/precise32/virtualbox/Vagrantfile

 INFO loader: Loading configuration in order: [:default, :box_precise32_virtualbox, :home, :root, :vm_default]

DEBUG loader: Loading from: default (cache)

DEBUG loader: Loading from: box_precise32_virtualbox (evaluating)

DEBUG loader: Upgrading config from version 1 to 2

DEBUG loader: Upgrading config to version 2

DEBUG loader: Upgraded to version 2 with 0 warnings and 0 errors

DEBUG loader: Loading from: root (cache)

DEBUG loader: Configuration loaded successfully, finalizing and returning

 INFO machine: Initializing machine: default

 INFO machine:   - Provider: VagrantPlugins::ProviderVirtualBox::Provider

 INFO machine:   - Box: #<Vagrant::Box:0x00000100d70310>

 INFO machine:   - Data dir: /Users/aobrien/Play/vagrant/.vagrant/machines/default/virtualbox

DEBUG virtualbox: Instantiating the driver for machine ID: nil

 INFO base: VBoxManage path: VBoxManage

 INFO environment: Running hook: environment_unload

 INFO runner: Running action: #<Vagrant::Action::Builder:0x00000100b108e0>

ERROR vagrant: Vagrant experienced an error! Details:

ERROR vagrant: #<Vagrant::Errors::CommandUnavailable: The executable '%(file)' Vagrant is trying to run was not

found in the PATH variable. This is an error. Please verify

this software is installed and on the path.>

ERROR vagrant: The executable '%(file)' Vagrant is trying to run was not

found in the PATH variable. This is an error. Please verify

this software is installed and on the path.

ERROR vagrant: /Applications/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.2.3/lib/vagrant/util/subprocess.rb:33:in `initialize'

/Applications/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.2.3/lib/vagrant/util/subprocess.rb:24:in `new'

/Applications/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.2.3/lib/vagrant/util/subprocess.rb:24:in `execute'

/Applications/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.2.3/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/base.rb:358:in `block in raw'

/Applications/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.2.3/lib/vagrant/util/busy.rb:19:in `busy'

/Applications/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.2.3/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/base.rb:357:in `raw'

/Applications/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.2.3/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/base.rb:287:in `block in execute'

/Applications/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.2.3/lib/vagrant/util/retryable.rb:17:in `retryable'

/Applications/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.2.3/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/base.rb:285:in `execute'

(snip trace...)

 INFO interface: error: The executable '%(file)' Vagrant is trying to run was not

found in the PATH variable. This is an error. Please verify

this software is installed and on the path.

The executable '%(file)' Vagrant is trying to run was not

found in the PATH variable. This is an error. Please verify

this software is installed and on the path.

[Mitchell Hashimoto]

Whoa, that is weird. I can't reproduce this on my side but clearly you
have a stack trace showing it is happening, so I'm looking at the code
and just trying to figure out how that happens intuitively...

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[Paul Hinze]

I worked with someone on IRC with this message. It looked like bad string interpolation in the error message. It turned out we were talking about *inside* a VirtualBox VM where vagrant was installed but not VBox. Turns out the user didn't really want this, so we got it straightened out. :)

Lauren, was that you in IRC?

Anyways I think it might just be a bad error message when VBox is not found

[Andrew O'Brien]

Hi Paul,

Sorry, I'm new to Vagrant, so I'm not sure I follow: Are you saying I missed an installation step? Or I downloaded the wrong image?

Thanks.

[Paul Hinze]

Andrew,

Have you also installed VirtualBox? Vagrant depends on it.

HTH,

Paul

[Mitchell Hashimoto]

This turned out to be a regression in 1.2.3 where the VirtualBox
detection is broken. This is now fixed in git.

You need to install VirtualBox.

[Andrew O'Brien]

Ah, I see. I thought the when the "Getting Started" section said that VirtualBox was "built-in to Vagrant" it meant that it came with it bundled into the DMG. I installed VirtualBox and was able to `vagrant ssh` in. Thanks!

[chenm...@gmail.com]

Hi, Mitchell 

     Is there any official guide to introduce install Vagrant in VirtualBox? Seems Getting Started said VirtualBox was "built-in to Vagrant", did not need us to install seperately. Thanks

[Mitchell Hashimoto]

Vagrant is installed alongside VirtualBox, not in it.

You just install them both. No guide needed. Download, install. Both of them.