"Box: laravel/homestead-7" producing "sh.exe":box:: command not found"

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Goal: install homestead so that I can install laravel

I am following the official instructions trying to install homestead.

I have so far on the Git Bash terminal:

Installed the vagrant box and Virtual box which works fine. Also added the laravel/homestead box to the vagrant installation
Cloned the Homestead Repo
Cloned the php7 brand of the Homestead Repo
Successfully ran 'bash init.sh'
Initialized Homestead by running "git clone -b php-7 https://github.com/laravel/homestead.git Homestead7

Now when I am trying to run:

box: laravel/homestead-7

The terminal gives me:

sh.exe": box:: command not found

Currently, the Homestead folder is sitting on the following path:

C:\Users\Gil.vagrant.d\boxes\homestead\Homestead

Does anyone know why this is happening and the solution?

What I have researched so far on Google but does not seem to address my particular problem:

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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You need to read more carefully:

Next, add then the box directive to the top of your ~/.homestead/Homestead.yaml file (on a new line after --- mark):

...

This means that you need to open the file named in a text editor and modify it.

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Dec 24 '15 at 12:17

thanks @Ignacio I wasnt sure what that meant. What is a box directive? I tried guessing that it might be the box directory so I added the absolute reference to the box directory after the --- mark on the yaml file but still doesn't work. – Gil Dec 24 '15 at 12:36
Just... put that text **as it is** into the file. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Dec 24 '15 at 12:40
argh, I thought that I need to run that line on the terminal rather than actually adding it on. thanks – Gil Dec 24 '15 at 12:42

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