Invalid 'Podfile' file syntax error, unexpected $undefined, expecting '}'

Question

I am trying to install a pod in project. But i am getting this error:

Invalid 'Podfile' file syntax error, unexpected $undefined, expecting '}'.

Podfile contains:

platform :ios, '7.0' pod 'RestKit', '0.21.0'

The terminal shows following message:

[!] Invalid `Podfile` file: compile error
/Users/work/Desktop/tg/RESTKitDemo/Podfile:1: syntax error, unexpected $undefined, expecting '}'
{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf1265
^. Updating CocoaPods might fix the issue.

#  from /Users/work/Desktop/tg/RESTKitDemo/Podfile:1
#  -------------------------------------------
>  {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf1265
#  {\fonttbl\f0\fmodern\fcharset0 Courier;}
#  -------------------------------------------

Can i know what is the problem with my podfile?

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 14 '16 at 12:19

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I got error

Invalid `Podfile` file: syntax error, unexpected tSTRING_BEG, expecting keyword_do or '{' or '('
pod 'MBProgressHUD'

becasue I was declaring Pod files like

pod 'SlideMenuControllerSwift',
pod 'MBProgressHUD'
pod 'SDWebImage'

there is one "," (colon mark) in above podfile name pod 'SlideMenuControllerSwift',. I just removed the colon mark. It worked.

correct way:

pod 'SlideMenuControllerSwift'
pod 'MBProgressHUD'
pod 'SDWebImage'

answered Dec 14 '16 at 12:19

Anil Gupta

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same was the case with me , i has accidently added an extra alphabet after declaring the pod. – Kunal Gupta Feb 10 '17 at 10:16
Comma, not colon – Zevgon Oct 12 '22 at 18:38

Keith Smiley · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-28T15:31:03.193

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Assuming you correctly copied your Podfile over there needs to be a newline between those two lines.

platform :ios, '7.0'
pod 'RestKit', '0.21.0'

Also as of a relatively new version of CocoaPods you actually don't need that first line, the command line tool will determine the correct OS based off of your project's settings.

Edit:

From the new output you posted it looks like your Podfile isn't actually a plain text file. You should recreate it in an editor like Sublime Text and make sure it saves as a plain text file.

edited Oct 28 '13 at 15:31

answered Oct 25 '13 at 23:34

Keith Smiley

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From the new output you posted it looks like your Podfile isn't actually a plain text file. You should recreate it in an editor like Sublime Text – Keith Smiley Oct 28 '13 at 05:12
@Keith, your mention about deleting the first line was very helpful today. Thanks a lot. – Marco Dec 19 '15 at 23:08

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 05 '18 at 13:34

I was faced same problem when, I changed my MAC.

1- Make setup - Pod setup or update

So I created a new test project -- And open terminal Run these command

cd /path your project
pod init
// add any pod in your pod file 
pod install

and then you can update pod in your old project .

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 11 '18 at 12:11

No special characters or any thing else is allowed in pod file, except the name of pod which we are integrating, unknowingly if we enter any characters such as , \ etc. it may result in the following error.

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 13 '19 at 22:32

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I just ran into this issue because I was doing:

pod 'Fireworks', :path '/Users/honey/Documents/mypod-ios'

The fix was to just add: =>

pod 'Fireworks', :path => '/Users/honey/Documents/mypod-ios'

answered Sep 13 '19 at 22:32

mfaani

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Invalid 'Podfile' file syntax error, unexpected $undefined, expecting '}'

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