{"record":{"id":"77e69676645941f7","repo":"hashicorp/vagrant","slug":"this-command-was-not-invoked-properly-the-help-fo-77e696","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"This command was not invoked properly. The help for this command is\navailable below.\n\n%{help}","messagePattern":"This command was not invoked properly\\. The help for this command is\navailable below\\.\n\n%(.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"Vagrant::Errors::CLIInvalidUsage","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"plugins/commands/box/command/remove.rb","lineNumber":54,"sourceCode":"\n            o.on(\"--all\", \"Remove all available versions of the box\") do |a|\n              options[:all] = a\n            end\n\n            o.on(\"--all-providers\", \"Remove all providers within a version of the box\") do |a|\n              options[:all_providers] = a\n            end\n\n            o.on(\"--all-architectures\", \"Remove all architectures within a provider a version of the box\") do |a|\n              options[:all_architectures] = a\n            end\n          end\n\n          # Parse the options\n          argv = parse_options(opts)\n          return if !argv\n          if argv.empty? || argv.length > 2\n            raise Vagrant::Errors::CLIInvalidUsage,\n              help: opts.help.chomp\n          end\n\n          if argv.length == 2\n            # @deprecated\n            @env.ui.warn(\"WARNING: The second argument to `vagrant box remove`\")\n            @env.ui.warn(\"is deprecated. Please use the --provider flag. This\")\n            @env.ui.warn(\"feature will stop working in the next version.\")\n            options[:provider] = argv[1]\n          end\n\n          @env.action_runner.run(Vagrant::Action.action_box_remove, {\n            box_name:     argv[0],\n            box_architecture: options[:architecture],\n            box_provider: options[:provider],\n            box_version:  options[:version],\n            force_confirm_box_remove: options[:force],\n            box_remove_all_versions: options[:all],","sourceCodeStart":36,"sourceCodeEnd":72,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant/blob/35f3160f4ad6edc3a9f3aa9570adfc1a4d73aaa5/plugins/commands/box/command/remove.rb#L36-L72","documentation":"Raised by `vagrant box remove` when no positional argument is given or more than two are supplied. Exactly one argument (the box name) is expected; a second positional argument is a deprecated way to name the provider (a warning is printed for it), so anything beyond that is a hard usage error.","triggerScenarios":"`vagrant box remove` with no arguments; `vagrant box remove name provider extra`; any invocation where argv is empty or longer than two words.","commonSituations":"Forgetting the box name; trying to remove by URL; combining old positional-provider syntax with the --provider flag and passing three words.","solutions":["Give the box name: `vagrant box remove ubuntu/jammy`","Select the provider with the flag, not a second positional: `vagrant box remove ubuntu/jammy --provider virtualbox`","Run `vagrant box remove --help` for --all-providers / --all-architectures / --box-version flags"],"exampleFix":"# before\nvagrant box remove\n\n# after\nvagrant box remove ubuntu/jammy --provider virtualbox","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"# bash: box remove takes exactly 1 positional (2 tolerated, deprecated)\nif [ $# -lt 1 ] || [ $# -gt 1 ]; then\n  vagrant box remove --help; exit 1\nfi\nvagrant box remove \"$1\" --provider \"$PROVIDER\"","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":["Use --provider instead of the deprecated second positional argument","Script removals with the box name plus --provider/--box-version flags only","List boxes first (`vagrant box list`) to confirm the exact name spelling"],"tags":["cli","usage","box","arguments"],"backgroundTag":"cli-invalid-usage","analyzedSha":"35f3160f4ad6edc3a9f3aa9570adfc1a4d73aaa5","analyzedAt":"2026-08-21T13:34:32.514Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-21T18:17:14.833Z"}