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# Vagrant-based VirtualBox environment for STM32 ARM Development using Ubuntu 14.04 Server

## Attention!

This project requires a relatively recent computer that supports Hardware Virtualization. You MUST make sure you have AMD-V or VT-x extensions enabled in your computer's BIOS otherwise the Virtual Machine will not boot!

If you encounter other problems, check out the [Gotchas](#gotchas) section below

## Host OS Requirements

* Relatively recent computer that supports Hardware Virtualization. Make sure you have AMD-V or VT-x extensions enabled in your computer's BIOS!
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* Open a terminal, navigate to the unzipped folder, execute `vagrant destroy` This will delete the VM from your system.

## Gotchas

If you are using Windows and receive an error that the Vagrant Home Directory can't have spaces in it due to a bug in Ruby, your User home directory probably has a space in it.

* Create a folder "home" within C:\Hashicorp\Vagrant - `C:\Hashicorp\Vagrant\home` ( This assumes you used the default install directory for Vagrant )
* Add the environment variable `VAGRANT_HOME` to Windows, see [http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000549.htm](http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000549.htm) if you don't know how.
* Reboot your system for the new environment variable to take effect.
* Try again...

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