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murilo's avatar
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Error Installing Homestead in MAC

Hello Guys , I am trying to install Homestead in MAC , but I am getting Errors when I make the VAGRANT UP . this is the error -


There was an error while executing `VBoxManage`, a CLI used by Vagrant
for controlling VirtualBox. The command and stderr is shown below.

Command: ["hostonlyif", "create"]

Stderr: 0%...
Progress state: NS_ERROR_FAILURE
VBoxManage: error: Failed to create the host-only adapter
VBoxManage: error: VBoxNetAdpCtl: Error while adding new interface: failed to open /dev/vboxnetctl: No such file or directory
VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005), component HostNetworkInterfaceWrap, interface IHostNetworkInterface
VBoxManage: error: Context: "RTEXITCODE handleCreate(HandlerArg *)" at line 94 of file VBoxManageHostonly.cpp

Does some can help me , please .

Thanks

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murilo's avatar
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I am using a macOS Hight Sierra 10.13.5

ejdelmonico's avatar

It appears to be a corrupted VirtualBox install. I would re-install the latest version along with the latest version of Vagrant. Make sure Vagrant is installed first. Also, make sure your Xcode tools version is current before re-installing.

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