Cannot install Pods in iOS Project

Question

I have been trying to update cocoapod. In between I have updated Ruby and RVM. Now when I try pod init in my new ios project, shows the following

Traceback (most recent call last):  
2: from /usr/local/bin/pod:23:in `<main>'
1: from /usr/local/Cellar/ruby/2.5.1/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems.rb:308:in `activate_bin_path'
/usr/local/Cellar/ruby/2.5.1/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems.rb:289:in `find_spec_for_exe': can't find gem cocoapods (>= 0.a) with executable pod (Gem::GemNotFoundException)

I checked the following,

ruby --version

ruby 2.5.1p57 (2018-03-29 revision 63029) [x86_64-darwin16]

rvm list rubies

=* ruby-2.5.1 [ x86_64 ]

# => - current
# =* - current && default
#  * - default

@AndreiDurnea Thanks for the fast reply. I have updated the question with more information. Let me try your suggestion... :) — Karan Alangat, Jul 19 '18 at 06:25
@AndreiDurnea I tried to install and got this - Successfully installed cocoapods-1.5.3 Parsing documentation for cocoapods-1.5.3 Done installing documentation for cocoapods after 2 seconds 1 gem installed — Karan Alangat, Jul 19 '18 at 06:26
Refer this link: https://stackoverflow.com/a/37904810/6059313 — Sharad Chauhan, Jul 19 '18 at 06:35
Thanks a lot @AndreiDurnea I removed it & reinstalled it. Now it works ! :) — Karan Alangat, Jul 19 '18 at 10:37
@SharadChauhan Thanks man. Removal & reinstallation made it work . :) — Karan Alangat, Jul 19 '18 at 10:39

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 19 '18 at 06:39

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Please install cocoapods into /usr/local/bin and not into /usr/bin with this command:

sudo gem install -n /usr/local/bin cocoapods

And you should remove cocoapods before reinstalling: sudo gem uninstall cocoapods

answered Jul 19 '18 at 06:39

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Thanks a lot man .... It did work !!! I removed it and reinstalled it. Now its fyn :) – Karan Alangat Jul 19 '18 at 10:36

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 19 '18 at 08:53

You will probably solve this by installing the cocoapods gem into your current RVM-installed Ruby:

gem install cocoapods

Since you are using RVM, there is no need to ever use sudo for any commands to install or change anything about your Ruby. When installing gems with sudo gem install ..., you are installing it into your system's Ruby installation instead of your RVM Ruby. This can then cause issues in the interaction between the RVM environment and the system Ruby.

Thanks for the replay. Re installation helped me. Also thanks for the edit ..... it looks better now. :) — Karan Alangat, Jul 19 '18 at 10:40

GGY · Answer 3 · 2020-05-14T00:39:11.287

I run into same error. But uninstall and sudo gem install -n /usr/local/bin cocoapods did NOT work for me.

So I tried rvm list rubies and found out there's a warning:

Warning! PATH is not properly set up, '/Users/xxx/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.3/bin' is not at first place,
         usually this is caused by shell initialization files - check them for 'PATH=...' entries,
         it might also help to re-add RVM to your dotfiles: 'rvm get stable --auto-dotfiles',
         to fix temporarily in this shell session run: 'rvm use ruby-2.1.3'.

I've no idea what's going on so I followed this issue: Warning! PATH is not properly set up, usually this is caused by shell initialization files

I did rvm reset & rvm version. The warning disappeared.

Then I run sudo gem install -n /usr/local/bin cocoapods

This fixed my problem. Post it here in case some one run into similar situation.

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 19 '18 at 06:28

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Try this

$sudo gem install cocoapods

answered Jul 19 '18 at 06:28

Saikrishna Kumbhoji

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Thanks for your reply. I tried to install and got this - Successfully installed cocoapods-1.5.3 Parsing documentation for cocoapods-1.5.3 Done installing documentation for cocoapods after 2 seconds 1 gem installed – Karan Alangat Jul 19 '18 at 06:30

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 24 '21 at 15:57

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If you already has cocoapods installed and you recently deleted or moved the current folder just try re-enter into the path again. Maybe terminal does not know where you are any more. This solved my problem.

answered Jan 24 '21 at 15:57

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 03 '22 at 06:44

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What did work for me I set 'command line tool path' in xcode preferences and was able to install missing pods

answered Mar 03 '22 at 06:44

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score -1 · Answer 7 · edited Feb 10 '21 at 03:15

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Please install cocoapods into /usr/local/bin and not into /usr/bin with this command:

sudo gem uninstall cocoapods
sudo gem install -n /usr/local/bin cocoapods

edited Feb 10 '21 at 03:15

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answered Feb 09 '21 at 12:56

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this does not work – Sacky San May 23 '23 at 04:32

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