[FIXED/SOLVED] scotch/box discontinued & deprecated

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Nick’s scotch/box and scotch/box-pro have been discontinued for over 2 years! Version 3.5 was released with Ubuntu 16.05 and Pro version 1.5 was released with Ubuntu 17 – both are out of support with Ubuntu and running them can be very challenging!

Common errors include:

  • Unable to run apt-get update without errors
  • Running apt-get upgrade doesn’t upgrade anything
  • Unable to run or install modern frameworks like Laravel or Symfony on ScotchBox
  • PHP 7.0 is no longer supported

THE SOLUTION/FIX:

After being frustrated at the workarounds I decided to rebuild the box completely from scratch using Nick’s Scotchbox as a baseline, but my iteration is called Cognac Box.

Installation and use are just as simple to use, but using a much more modern tech stack!

[EDIT 2023] – Scotchbox V3 is now released with Ubutnu 22.04, and PHP 8.1 & 8.2…

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, latest PHP, MySQL, Redis, etc. as of March 2020

To use:

git clone https://github.com/reddingwebpro/cognacbox.git my-project 
cd my-project
vagrant up

That’s it, you’re all set. Enjoy!

The following is mostly so people looking for solutions can find this page:

The following are common errors when working with ScotchBox and StchBoxPro in 2020:

$ sudo apt-get update
W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian stable InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 23E7166788B63E1E
W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu xenial/mongodb-org/3.2 Release: The following signatures were invalid: KEYEXPIRED 1507497109
W: Failed to fetch https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/dists/stable/InRelease The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 23E7166788B63E1E
W: Failed to fetch http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu/dists/xenial/mongodb-org/3.2/Release.gpg The following signatures were invalid: KEYEXPIRED 1507497109
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
$ composer create-project symfony/website-skeleton my_project_name
Could not delete /var/www/my_project_name/vendor/symfony/flex/src/Command:
Stderr from the command:

E: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux-headers-4.13.0-21_4.13.0-21.24_all.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.24 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux-headers-4.13.0-21-generic_4.13.0-21.24_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.24 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
$ sudo apt-get update
E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/longsleep/golang-backports/ubuntu artful Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

If you are having these errors, definatey give CognacBox (the ScotchBox Alternative) a look!