Running msfconsole on kali linux giving errors and booting me back to terminal.

[cyph0ne]

Steps to reproduce

How'd you do it?

1. Run msfconsole

Were you following a specific guide/tutorial or reading documentation?

No

Expected behavior

No errors when loading msfconsole and the ablility to use msfconsole

Current behavior

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ msfconsole   
                                                  

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MMMNI  MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM  jMMMM
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MMMNI  MMMMM   MMMMMMM   MMMMM  jMMMM
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MMMMNNMNMMMMMNx        MMMMMMNMMNMMNM
MMMMMMMMNMMNMMMMm+..+MMNMMNMNMMNMMNMM
        https://metasploit.com


       =[ metasploit v6.3.31-dev                          ]
+ -- --=[ 2346 exploits - 1220 auxiliary - 413 post       ]
+ -- --=[ 1390 payloads - 46 encoders - 11 nops           ]
+ -- --=[ 9 evasion                                       ]

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/usr/share/metasploit-framework/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/bootsnap-1.16.0/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:32:in `require': stream closed in another thread (IOError)
        from /usr/share/metasploit-framework/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/bootsnap-1.16.0/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:32:in `require'
        from /usr/share/metasploit-framework/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/zeitwerk-2.6.11/lib/zeitwerk/kernel.rb:38:in `require'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/pry.rb:8:in `<top (required)>'
        from /usr/share/metasploit-framework/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/bootsnap-1.16.0/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:32:in `require'
        from /usr/share/metasploit-framework/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/bootsnap-1.16.0/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:32:in `require'
        from /usr/share/metasploit-framework/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/zeitwerk-2.6.11/lib/zeitwerk/kernel.rb:38:in `require'
        from /usr/share/metasploit-framework/lib/rex/ui/text/shell.rb:126:in `run'
        from /usr/share/metasploit-framework/lib/metasploit/framework/command/console.rb:48:in `start'
        from /usr/share/metasploit-framework/lib/metasploit/framework/command/base.rb:82:in `start'
        from /usr/bin/msfconsole:23:in `<main>'
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ 

Metasploit version

metasploit v6.3.31-dev

Additional Information

I have tried to reinstall metasploit, I have tried apt-get update & upgrade and I have also tried to reinitialise the db but nothing has worked, I checked for antivirus and I have no AV running on my machine.

Metasploit was running fine until one day I tried to use dns_enum and now whenever I try to run msfconsole I just get booted back into standard terminal.

[ghost]

"You can use the following commands to get Metasploit working again; however, please note that you will lose any exploits or anything you've saved in .msf4. Here are the steps to follow:

1. sudo apt remove metasploit-framework
   

2. rm -rf ~/.msf4
   

3.  sudo apt autoremove
   

4. sudo apt update
   

5. sudo apt install metasploit-framework
   

6.  msfconsole
   

[cyph0ne]

"You can use the following commands to get Metasploit working again; however, please note that you will lose any exploits or anything you've saved in .msf4. Here are the steps to follow:

1. ```
   sudo apt remove metasploit-framework
   ```

2. ```
   rm -rf ~/.msf4
   ```

3. ```
    sudo apt autoremove
   ```

4. ```
   sudo apt update
   ```

5. ```
   sudo apt install metasploit-framework
   ```

6. ```
    msfconsole
   ```

Thanks! This seems to have fixed things for now, if I run into this issue again I'll just run through these steps again.

Much appreciated!

[sh0ckSec]

Hello - I've attempted the following instructions above but unfortunately it did not work I am I am still getting this error:

[sh0ckSec]

"You can use the following commands to get Metasploit working again; however, please note that you will lose any exploits or anything you've saved in .msf4. Here are the steps to follow:

1. ```
   sudo apt remove metasploit-framework

2. rm -rf ~/.msf4
   

3.  sudo apt autoremove
   

4. sudo apt update
   

5. sudo apt install metasploit-framework
   

6.  msfconsole
   

Thanks! This seems to have fixed things for now, if I run into this issue again I'll just run through these steps again.

Much appreciated!

Did you reboot or anything after you performed those steps? Didn't seem to work for me.

[cyph0ne]

"You can use the following commands to get Metasploit working again; however, please note that you will lose any exploits or anything you've saved in .msf4. Here are the steps to follow:

1. ```
   sudo apt remove metasploit-framework

2. rm -rf ~/.msf4
   

3.  sudo apt autoremove
   

4. sudo apt update
   

5. sudo apt install metasploit-framework
   

6.  msfconsole
   

Thanks! This seems to have fixed things for now, if I run into this issue again I'll just run through these steps again.
Much appreciated!

Did you reboot or anything after you performed those steps? Didn't seem to work for me.

The first time I tried this, I got prompted to reboot twice during the process but waited until I had done everything before I reboot, then once I ran msfconsole, it worked, so exited and re-entered msfconsole and got prompted with the exact same error that I had before.

I rebooted my system and input the commands one by one again but after I ran
sudo apt remove metasploit-framework
I then got prompted that a file couldn't be removed as it wasn't empty, so I ran
sudo rm -rf /usr/share/metasploit-framework/config
To remove the file that was giving me the error and then I continued with the rest of the commands in order

The second time around I didn't get prompted to reboot my system, but after I ran all the commands and re-installed Metasploit, I ran msfconsole to see if the installation worked, then rebooted. After reboot I entered and exited msfconsole multiple times to see if I recieved any errors while attempting to enter the Metaspoit console again, and I haven't recieved any errors since.

Hope some of this information can be helpful!

[sh0ckSec]

"You can use the following commands to get Metasploit working again; however, please note that you will lose any exploits or anything you've saved in .msf4. Here are the steps to follow:

1. ```
   sudo apt remove metasploit-framework

2. rm -rf ~/.msf4
   

3.  sudo apt autoremove
   

4. sudo apt update
   

5. sudo apt install metasploit-framework
   

6.  msfconsole
   

Thanks! This seems to have fixed things for now, if I run into this issue again I'll just run through these steps again.
Much appreciated!

Did you reboot or anything after you performed those steps? Didn't seem to work for me.

The first time I tried this, I got prompted to reboot twice during the process but waited until I had done everything before I reboot, then once I ran msfconsole, it worked, so exited and re-entered msfconsole and got prompted with the exact same error that I had before.

I rebooted my system and input the commands one by one again but after I ran sudo apt remove metasploit-framework I then got prompted that a file couldn't be removed as it wasn't empty, so I ran sudo rm -rf /usr/share/metasploit-framework/config To remove the file that was giving me the error and then I continued with the rest of the commands in order

The second time around I didn't get prompted to reboot my system, but after I ran all the commands and re-installed Metasploit, I ran msfconsole to see if the installation worked, then rebooted. After reboot I entered and exited msfconsole multiple times to see if I recieved any errors while attempting to enter the Metaspoit console again, and I haven't recieved any errors since.

Hope some of this information can be helpful!

Awesome, thanks so much - that worked!