cocoapods not installing

Question

What does it mean and how can I fix it:

pod install
/Library/Ruby/Site/2.0.0/rubygems.rb:250:in `find_spec_for_exe': can't find gem cocoapods (>= 0.a) (Gem::GemNotFoundException)
from /Library/Ruby/Site/2.0.0/rubygems.rb:278:in `activate_bin_path'
from /usr/local/bin/pod:22:in `<main>'

https://cocoapods.org/app download cocoapods app from this link, then open your podfile using the app and click on install then update and finally open workspace file — Meet, Jun 19 '16 at 07:08
Most of the answers here suggests that cocoapods should be reinstalled in different ways. That might be the issue, but if these solutions doesn't work your problem is probably that the compiler uses the wrong ruby version. Read more here and how to set it right: https://stackoverflow.com/a/71643456/3776782 — turingtested, Dec 05 '22 at 13:12
Please refer to the latest answer [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/73307243/cocoapods-not-found-by-flutter) — Sweta Jain, Jun 19 '23 at 05:55

score 274 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 13 '22 at 12:24

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Using following commands, it worked for me.

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

If you encounter this error on step 2:

ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::CommandLineError) Please specify at least one gem name (e.g. gem build GEMNAME)

Then try this as step 2 instead (step 3 is not needed):

gem install -n /usr/local/bin cocoapods

edited Jul 13 '22 at 12:24

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answered Jun 19 '16 at 07:10

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gem install cocoapods ERROR: While executing gem ... (Errno::EPERM) Operation not permitted - /usr/bin/pod I got this error when try to install cocoapods – Nirav Hathi Jun 19 '16 at 09:51
GEM_NAME_HERE What should this be? – Jun Oct 26 '17 at 20:02
@Jun it should be `cocoapods` – Sane Jan 25 '18 at 08:25
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Step 1 and 2: `sudo gem install -n /usr/local/bin cocoapods` worked for me to install cocoapods. – Cons Bulaquena Feb 02 '18 at 09:01
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not one of those command worked for me in 2022. Plus, I'm now getting traceback errors. This actually made things worse. – johnrubythecat Feb 13 '22 at 02:24
the second command is missing a parameter, too. How did this get a green check?? The third line isn't even a command. – johnrubythecat Feb 13 '22 at 02:39
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this approach doesn't work anymore – Par Aug 18 '22 at 01:32

score 138 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 08 '21 at 12:49

If you install cocoapod using brew like me

Reinstall cocoapods:
```
brew reinstall cocoapods
```

If you see this error message after you reinstall cocoapods by brew reinstall go to step 2.

>
Error: The `brew link` step did not complete successfully
The formula built, but is not symlinked into /usr/local
Could not symlink bin/pod
Target /usr/local/bin/pod
already exists. You may want to remove it:
  rm '/usr/local/bin/pod'

To force the link and overwrite all conflicting files:
  brew link --overwrite cocoapods

To list all files that would be deleted:
  brew link --overwrite --dry-run cocoapods

Possible conflicting files are:
/usr/local/bin/pod
/usr/local/bin/xcodeproj

To solve conflicting files:
```
brew link --overwrite cocoapods
```
Linking /usr/local/Cellar/cocoapods/1.3.1... 2 symlinks created

- Use the `$(inherited)` flag, or - Remove the build settings from the target. Show this error for my all pods — Chandni, Feb 23 '18 at 11:26

score 23 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:18

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Uninstall the existing cocoapods, if any, by following command:

gem list --local | grep cocoapods | awk '{print $1}' | xargs sudo gem uninstall

Then install it to /usr/local/bin instead of /usr/bin using following command:

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

For further query, check this link to uninstall and this link to install cocoapods.

edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:18

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answered Nov 06 '16 at 15:51

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score 16 · Answer 4 · edited Jul 12 '19 at 21:23

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In my case nothing helped, then I:

sudo gem uninstall cocoapods
cd /Users/nikkov/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.4.1/lib/ruby; In Finder I searched for cocoapods and removed everything.
brew install cocoapods
brew link --overwrite cocoapods (if needed)

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answered Jan 10 '19 at 19:40

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It worked for me too. The second step is pretty much crucial. – Anthony Tran Feb 22 '20 at 00:16

Milan Kamilya · Answer 5 · 2023-06-02T12:17:08.517

I had upgraded my ruby version 2.5.3 to 2.7.2. Then, I want to update cocoapods from 1.9.3 to 1.10.0 . I got the following error while executing pod install.

can't find gem cocoapods (>= 0.a) with executable pod (Gem::GemNotFoundException)

There are two ways to uninstall cocoapods by using homebrew & gem. If you had install cocoapods using gem run following.

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

If you had used brew please using the following to uninstall

brew uninstall cocoapods

If you forgot which one you used earlier, please execute both commands. Please make sure all cocoapods instances are removed to check run pod --version.

If you find -bash: pod: command not found as output, all instances are removed properly. Else, you may need to remove cocoapods related files manually from this directory ~/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.5.3/lib/ruby.

sudo gem update --system
gem install cocoapods

CREDIT: https://blog.csdn.net/develop_csdn/article/details/105053383

`sudo gem update --system` was the key for me. After running this it worked for me. Thanks, Milan. — natterstefan, Jun 24 '21 at 06:04
`sudo gem update --system` broken all my files permissions. Not able to install any other gem package. — Haidar Zeineddine, Oct 06 '22 at 07:52

Emre Gürses · Answer 6 · 2023-06-06T11:01:34.283

Thankfully i found solution after a hour.

As you know, newest Mac Operation System(Big Sur or oldest one) use ruby as a version system. So this ruby is private. You can not write/update some files that belong ruby.

So, we had a change to install rbenv for as a version control.

Firstly you should install rbenv via brew if you don't have

$ brew install rbenv

You need to know rbenv version number. You can see with below code snipped

$ rbenv --version

Install Xcode's command line tools

xcode-select --install

Install rbenv via Homebrew

brew update
brew install rbenv ruby-build

Configure rbenv

eval "$(rbenv init -)"

Install and configure Ruby

rbenv install 3.1.1
rbenv global 3.1.1
rbenv rehash
source ~/.bash_profile

Install Cocoapods:

gem install cocoapods

in the second step, to find which `rbenv` version I had installed, I had to enter `rbenv --version` — Lance Samaria, Dec 06 '22 at 16:55

score 7 · Answer 7 · answered May 04 '20 at 18:03

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In my case the reason of the issue was Gemfile file inside the folder with the project. When I removed this file, cocoapods started functioning as usual.

answered May 04 '20 at 18:03

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score 5 · Answer 8 · answered Jun 19 '16 at 07:02

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Try sudo gem update

After remove cocoapods
-Install cocoapods

answered Jun 19 '16 at 07:02

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gem install cocoapods ERROR: While executing gem ... (Errno::EPERM) Operation not permitted - /usr/bin/pod – Nirav Hathi Jun 19 '16 at 09:51
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You should always use `sudo gem install` instead of `gem install` – atulkhatri Jan 19 '18 at 08:44

score 4 · Answer 9 · answered Aug 12 '19 at 20:20

When I tried @Aamir's solution, I ran into the error:

ERROR: Could not find a valid gem 'cocoapods' (>= 0), here is why: Unable to download data from https://rubygems.org/ - no such name (https://api.rubygems.org/specs.4.8.gz)

This worked for my Mac:

sudo gem uninstall cocoapods
sudo gem install cocoapods

score 3 · Answer 10 · answered Aug 07 '22 at 04:01

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What finally worked for me was running rvm reset before reinstalling cocoapods

rvm reset
rvm --version
sudo gem install -n /usr/local/bin cocoapods

from here

answered Aug 07 '22 at 04:01

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score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Sep 13 '21 at 07:01

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In my case I was not able to install pod and cocoapods using gem, after changing command line tools I was able to run the commands

answered Sep 13 '21 at 07:01

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score 1 · Answer 12 · edited Nov 08 '21 at 12:50

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Running these commands worked for me:

brew update
brew install fastlane
fastlane install_plugins

edited Nov 08 '21 at 12:50

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answered Nov 08 '21 at 12:46

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score 1 · Answer 13 · answered Nov 16 '22 at 10:44

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React native has made several changes and this is how you install pods now

cd ios
bundle install
bundle exec pod install

https://reactnative.dev/docs/environment-setup

answered Nov 16 '22 at 10:44

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score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Mar 17 '21 at 12:53

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This helped me after I tried all these ways

xcode-select --install

answered Mar 17 '21 at 12:53

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score 0 · Answer 15 · answered Feb 04 '22 at 07:08

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If anyone stumbles upon this as a result of updating to react native 0.67.2+ from an older version (we were on 0.66.0) you have to make sure you re-install cocoapods via gem install cocoapods. Otherwise, your pod install will not work.

answered Feb 04 '22 at 07:08

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score 0 · Answer 16 · edited Feb 06 '22 at 13:21

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To relink, run:

brew unlink cocoapods && brew link cocoapods

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answered Feb 06 '22 at 09:04

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score 0 · Answer 17 · answered Feb 07 '22 at 10:49

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I'd installed Cocoapods using gem, so I reinstalled it again using gem. nothing happened. so I removed it and install it using brew. it works.

answered Feb 07 '22 at 10:49

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score 0 · Answer 18 · answered Oct 19 '22 at 18:43

I have also wrote on github, so I will copy it here, maybe it will be helpful for someone.

To be honest none of those solutions worked for me, just typing randomly commands will not help. I don't know why, but my path was misconfigured. So first you should check if the path is good. I have used brew and installed rbenv in order to use safely libraries and after I ran pod install, I saw it was not targeting the right folder and always used the system version.

After I ran command

gem env

I saw that some paths are not correct. "INSTALLATION DIRECTORY, RUBY EXECUTABLE, EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY, SYSTEM CONFIGURATION DIRECTORY AND GEM PATH" should start something like this(depends of version) /Users/{username}/.rbenv/versions/3.1.2/lib/ruby/. ... otherwise it uses system version.. In order to fix this you need to set paths in ~/.zshrc and ~/.zprofile

my zshrc looks like this:

export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"
eval "$(rbenv init -)"
export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH
export RBENV_ROOT=$HOME/.rbenv
export PATH=$RBENV_ROOT/shims:/versions:$PATH

zprofile:

eval $(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)

in order to change /.zshrc: type nano ~/.zshrc

score 0 · Answer 19 · answered Apr 28 '23 at 10:51

In my opinion if you keep getting these errors for a MacOS in 2023, the best is to try NOT to install the cocoapods using the sudo command "sudo install cocoapods"

rather try installing it from homebrew

if you do not have home-brew on you Mac yet, you can install it using:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

then when all the packages are done installing you can now run the brew installation for cocapods:

brew reinstall cocoapods

Then when this installation is complete, you can try running the flutter doctor command to check for errors (only if you have flutter installed)

flutter doctor

cocoapods not installing

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