# Can't startliquibase

**URL:** <https://forum.liquibase.org/t/cant-startliquibase/1153>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [March 8, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.liquibase.org/t/cant-startliquibase/1153 "2011-03-08T00:07:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![nysalsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7cd45c/32.png) [@nysalsa](https://forum.liquibase.org/u/nysalsa)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.liquibase.org/t/cant-startliquibase/1153/1 "2011-03-08T00:07:00Z")

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Hi,   
after lot of tentatives for solving the problem I try here to find an answer.  
It seems a simple problem and probably it is but I can’t see the solution.  
Using the following command:

DEBUG 07/03/11 16.45:liquibase: Unable to load/access Apache Derby driver class  
org.apache.derby.tools.sysinfo to check version: org.apache.derby.tools.sysinfo  
Liquibase Update Failed: Cannot find database driver: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver  
SEVERE 07/03/11 16.45:liquibase: Cannot find database driver: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver  
liquibase.exception.DatabaseException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Cannot find  
atabase driver: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at liquibase.integration.commandline.CommandLineUtils.createDatabaseObj  
ct(CommandLineUtils.java:111)  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at liquibase.integration.commandline.Main.doMigration(Main.java:609)  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at liquibase.integration.commandline.Main.main(Main.java:116)  
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Cannot find database driver: com.mysql.j  
bc.Driver  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at liquibase.integration.commandline.CommandLineUtils.createDatabaseObj  
ct(CommandLineUtils.java:70)  
  
Any idea ?  
Thank you for your time  
ny

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**Author:** ![rangerrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@rangerrick](https://forum.liquibase.org/u/rangerrick)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.liquibase.org/t/cant-startliquibase/1153/2 "2011-03-08T00:07:00Z")

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When you’re adding a jar to the classpath, it needs to include the full jar filename, not just the directory it’s in.

Try "java -classpath&nbsp;