Issues using vagrant up with multiple providers - vagrant

Question

I'm having an issue here trying to bring up a vagrant provider(s) specific box and am not certain what to do to proceed,
if this is in the documentation then I am not seeing it?
I am using the below to add the boxes
## Add the list of used Vagrant boxes
declare -A boxes
inc=1
boxes=(
['spherical64']='http://puppet-vagrant-boxes.puppetlabs.com/fedora-18-x64-vbox4210-nocm.box' ## Fedora 18 x64 nocm
['centos6464']='http://puppet-vagrant-boxes.puppetlabs.com/centos-64-x64-vbox4210-nocm.box' ## CentOS 6.4 x64 nocm
['centos5964']='http://puppet-vagrant-boxes.puppetlabs.com/centos-59-x64-vbox4210-nocm.box' ## CentOS 5.9 x64 nocm
['squeeze64']='http://puppet-vagrant-boxes.puppetlabs.com/debian-607-x64-vbox4210-nocm.box' ## Debian 6.0.7 x64 nocm
['wheezy64']='http://puppet-vagrant-boxes.puppetlabs.com/debian-70rc1-x64-vbox4210-nocm.box' ## Debian 7.0rc1 x64 nocm
['sles11164']='http://puppet-vagrant-boxes.puppetlabs.com/sles-11sp1-x64-vbox4210-nocm.box' ## SUSE Enterprise 11sp1 x64 nocm
['lucid64']='http://puppet-vagrant-boxes.puppetlabs.com/ubuntu-server-10044-x64-vbox4210-nocm.box' ## Ubuntu Server 10.04.4 x64 nocm
['precise64']='http://puppet-vagrant-boxes.puppetlabs.com/ubuntu-server-12042-x64-vbox4210-nocm.box' ## Ubuntu Server 12.04.2 x64 nocm
)
set -e
for box in "${!boxes[#]}"; do
echo "-- Installing: ${inc}/${#boxes[#]} ${box}"
vagrant box add "${box}" "${boxes[$box]}"
((inc+=1))
done
set +e
Then trying to vagrant up from there (after init)
bash-4.3$ vagrant up
Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> default: Box 'base' could not be found. Attempting to find and install...
default: Box Provider: virtualbox
default: Box Version: >= 0
==> default: Adding box 'base' (v0) for provider: virtualbox
default: Downloading: base
An error occurred while downloading the remote file. The error
message, if any, is reproduced below. Please fix this error and try
again.
Couldn't open file /private/tmp/base
bash-4.3$ vagrant box list
centos5964 (virtualbox, 0)
centos6464 (virtualbox, 0)
lucid64 (virtualbox, 0)
precise64 (virtualbox, 0)
sles11164 (virtualbox, 0)
spherical64 (virtualbox, 0)
squeeze64 (virtualbox, 0)
wheezy64 (virtualbox, 0)
bash-4.3$ vagrant up --provider=centos6464
The provider 'centos6464' could not be found, but was requested to
back the machine 'default'. Please use a provider that exists.
bash-4.3$ vagrant up --provider=virtualbox
Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> default: Box 'base' could not be found. Attempting to find and install...
default: Box Provider: virtualbox
default: Box Version: >= 0
==> default: Adding box 'base' (v0) for provider: virtualbox
default: Downloading: base
An error occurred while downloading the remote file. The error
message, if any, is reproduced below. Please fix this error and try
again.
Couldn't open file /private/tmp/base

Answer 1

It was trying to use a base box (which did not exist) on vagrant up. So the answer is really to add the box name on vagrant init.
bash-4.3$ vagrant init precise64
A `Vagrantfile` has been placed in this directory. You are now
ready to `vagrant up` your first virtual environment! Please read
the comments in the Vagrantfile as well as documentation on
`vagrantup.com` for more information on using Vagrant.
bash-4.3$ cat Vagrantfile |grep 'config.vm.box'
config.vm.box = "precise64"
bash-4.3$ vagrant up
Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> default: Importing base box 'precise64'...
==> default: Matching MAC address for NAT networking...
==> default: Setting the name of the VM: tmp_default_1416506255173_95689
==> default: Clearing any previously set forwarded ports...
==> default: Clearing any previously set network interfaces...
==> default: Preparing network interfaces based on configuration...
default: Adapter 1: nat
==> default: Forwarding ports...
default: 22 => 2222 (adapter 1)
==> default: Booting VM...
==> default: Waiting for machine to boot. This may take a few minutes...
default: SSH address: 127.0.0.1:2222
default: SSH username: vagrant
default: SSH auth method: private key
default: Warning: Connection timeout. Retrying...
==> default: Machine booted and ready!
==> default: Checking for guest additions in VM...
default: The guest additions on this VM do not match the installed version of
default: VirtualBox! In most cases this is fine, but in rare cases it can
default: prevent things such as shared folders from working properly. If you see
default: shared folder errors, please make sure the guest additions within the
default: virtual machine match the version of VirtualBox you have installed on
default: your host and reload your VM.
default:
default: Guest Additions Version: 4.2.10
default: VirtualBox Version: 4.3
==> default: Mounting shared folders...
default: /vagrant => /private/tmp