I would try to work with a virtual environment for data science. For that, I use the vagrant's box: https://atlas.hashicorp.com/data-science-toolbox/boxes/dst. But, I have the following problem with VirtualBox:
==> default: Booting VM...
==> default: Waiting for machine to boot.
This may take a few minutes...
The guest machine entered an invalid state while waiting for it
to boot. Valid states are 'starting, running'. The machine is in the
'poweroff' state. Please verify everything is configured
properly and try again.
If the provider you're using has a GUI that comes with it,
it is often helpful to open that and watch the machine, since the
GUI often has more helpful error messages than Vagrant can retrieve.
For example, if you're using VirtualBox, run vagrant up
while the
VirtualBox GUI is open.
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I have tested different versions of VirtualBox (4.3.20, 4.3.18 and 4.3.12), but I have still the same problem.