Problem

You would like to use a current version of a Virtualbox vagrant box, based on the official precise32 box, like saucy32.

Solution

• Build your first vagrant box using the precise32 box
• Install any packages that you need
• Upgrade your distribution by doing the following:
1. Make sure that the package update-manager-core is installed and install it if it isn’t:

   sudo apt-get install update-manager-core

2. Change the prompt from lts to normal in the file /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades:

   sudo vi /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades

   Prompt=normal

3. And upgrade to the next version by doing:

sudo do-release-upgrade -d

• Repeat the procedure for the version you want
• Change the hostname to the current version:

  sudo vi /etc/hostname

  sudo vi /etc/hosts

  quantal32

• Logout from the box and package it:

  vagrant package --output /home/path_to_new/packagename.box

• Add the box to the list of boxes:

  vagrant box add quantal32 /home/path_to_new/packagename.box

You can use your new box now in a new vagrant box:

vagrant init --packagename.box