Metasploit - invalid driver

[Janpeter]

Hello, I have followed all the specified steps it asks when you type db_driver, but it continues to tell me i'm not choosing a valid driver (mysql).
Apparently metasploit is installed with no database drivers? Why after installing mysql as it tells you to can I still not use the db_driver mysql command to use a database?

[Cortex]

Did you start mysql ?
Do a update before trying again # msfupdate

[pheonixace7]

I am having the same problem in vmware fusion under OSX. I have gone through and ran msfupdate, apt-get install and update, and the like (also tried manually installing mysql which apparently is not needed). But I am still getting the following:

msf> db_status
No driver selected
msf> db_driver mysql
Invalid driver specified
msf> db_connect
No database driver has been specified

I'm sure I am missing something obvious, but I'm just not sure what. I'm continuing the forum hunt so I apologize if I just have not found the write post that addresses this yet, but I thought I would chime in since it looks like I'm having the same problem as the OP.

I am having the same problem in vmware fusion under OSX. I have gone through and ran msfupdate, apt-get install and update, and the like (also tried manually installing mysql which apparently is not needed). But I am still getting the following:

msf> db_status
No driver selected
msf> db_driver mysql
Invalid driver specified
msf> db_connect
No database driver has been specified

I'm sure I am missing something obvious, but I'm just not sure what. I'm continuing the forum hunt so I apologize if I just have not found the write post that addresses this yet, but I thought I would chime in since it looks like I'm having the same problem as the OP.

Edit: I also tried running the following with no luck:
root@bt:~# apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev
root@bt:~# gem install mysql

[AstroByte]

Are you running locally from /pentest/exploits/framework3? If so, your environment may not be setup correctly. Try using the script from /usr/local/bin/msfconsole

See: http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forum...sfconsole.html

[Duchess]

Are you running locally from /pentest/exploits/framework3? If so, your environment may not be setup correctly. Try using the script from /usr/local/bin/msfconsole

See: http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forum...sfconsole.html

Having the same problems as OP, I have tried launching with the script and get this as the output

root@bt:~# /usr/local/bin/msfconsole
/opt/framework3/msf3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:429:in `rescue in load_missing_constant': uninitialized constant Rex::Zip::Jar (NameError)
	from /opt/framework3/msf3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:425:in `load_missing_constant'
	from /opt/framework3/msf3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:80:in `const_missing_with_dependencies'
	from /opt/framework3/msf3/lib/msf/core/payload/java.rb:49:in `generate_jar'
	from /opt/framework3/msf3/lib/msf/core/payload/java.rb:33:in `generate'
	from /opt/framework3/msf3/lib/msf/core/payload.rb:166:in `size'
	from /opt/framework3/msf3/lib/msf/core/payload_set.rb:168:in `block (2 levels) in recalculate'
	from /opt/framework3/msf3/lib/msf/core/payload_set.rb:113:in `each_pair'
	from /opt/framework3/msf3/lib/msf/core/payload_set.rb:113:in `block in recalculate'
	from /opt/framework3/msf3/lib/msf/core/payload_set.rb:109:in `each_pair'
	from /opt/framework3/msf3/lib/msf/core/payload_set.rb:109:in `recalculate'
	from /opt/framework3/msf3/lib/msf/core/module_manager.rb:882:in `block in load_modules'
	from /opt/framework3/msf3/lib/msf/core/module_manager.rb:881:in `each_key'
	from /opt/framework3/msf3/lib/msf/core/module_manager.rb:881:in `load_modules'
	from /opt/framework3/msf3/lib/msf/core/module_manager.rb:634:in `add_module_path'
	from /opt/framework3/msf3/lib/msf/base/simple/framework.rb:112:in `simplify'
	from /opt/framework3/msf3/lib/msf/base/simple/framework.rb:71:in `create'
	from /opt/framework3/msf3/lib/msf/ui/console/driver.rb:85:in `initialize'
	from /opt/framework3/msf3/msfconsole:130:in `new'
	from /opt/framework3/msf3/msfconsole:130:in `<main>'

Any thoughts? I have also run
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade

And done msfupdate