Using Homestead with downloaded box file - vagrant

Question

I am trying to install laravel/homestead and following the steps described in https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/homestead .
In doing that I initially ran into problems while adding a box in "First Step", so I had to download the virtualbox file externally and added the box using that file:
$ vagrant box list
There are no installed boxes! Use `vagrant box add` to add some.
$ vagrant box add laravel/homestead virtualbox/homestead.box
==> box: Box file was not detected as metadata. Adding it directly...
==> box: Adding box 'laravel/homestead' (v0) for provider:
box: Unpacking necessary files from: file://D:/Code/virtualbox/homestead.box
box:
==> box: Successfully added box 'laravel/homestead' (v0) for 'virtualbox'!
$ git clone https://github.com/laravel/homestead.git Homestead
Cloning into 'Homestead'...
...
$ cd Homestead ; git checkout v5.4.0
Note: checking out 'v5.4.0'.
$ bash init.sh
Homestead initialized!
My trouble is in doing vagrant up, it is still trying to download and failing. How can I tell vagrant not to download the box file anymore and use the existing box ?
$ vagrant up
Bringing machine 'homestead-7' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> homestead-7: Box 'laravel/homestead' could not be found. Attempting to
find and install...
homestead-7: Box Provider: virtualbox
homestead-7: Box Version: >= 2.0.0
==> homestead-7: Loading metadata for box 'laravel/homestead'
homestead-7: URL: https://atlas.hashicorp.com/laravel/homestead
==> homestead-7: Adding box 'laravel/homestead' (v2.1.0) for provider:
virtualbox
homestead-7: Downloading: https://atlas.hashicorp.com/laravel/boxes/homestead/versions/2.1.0/providers/virtualbox.box
I have tried naming my box in first step to homestead-7 , no luck yet. on subsequent executions of vagrant up, vagrant claims to resume from prior download , but the progress does not suggest so.

Answer 1

Here
Successfully added box 'laravel/homestead' (v0) for 'virtualbox'!
You have installed version 0 of the box laravel/homestead. In your version of homestead, it requires to have version greater than 2.0.0.
If you want to use your version of the box, you can add a version parameter in your json file.
{
"version": "0",
"ip": "192.168.10.10",
"memory": 2048,
"cpus": 1,
"provider": "virtualbox",
...
}