CocoaPods not working in macOS High Sierra

Question

After upgrading to macOS High Sierra CocoaPods is not working. While it is tempting to move away from CocoaPods, it's unfortunately not in scope right now. The error message is below.

zsh: /Users/****/.gems/bin/pod: bad interpreter: /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/bin: no such file or directory

I realize that the error stems from Ruby being upgraded but what is the easies fix? Trying to make CocoaPods use the new ruby version yields other errors.

Edit: For now i installed Ruby 2.0 with rvm install 2.0.0 and rvm use 2.0.0 and then reinstalled CocoaPods sudo gem install cocoapods. Seems to be working now.

@matt Yes, `sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode-beta.app` and `sudo xcode-select --install` and followed the GUI from there. — Maciej Swic, Jun 06 '17 at 18:22
I was thinking of the ones here: https://developer.apple.com/download/more/ I often find external tools don't work until I install those. — matt, Jun 06 '17 at 19:04

score 418 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 27 '17 at 07:37

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According to https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/issues/6778 reinstalling CocoaPods should solve this issue:

sudo gem install cocoapods

edited Sep 27 '17 at 07:37

David Brabant

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answered Jun 06 '17 at 18:38

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A simple "brew reinstall cocoapods" worked (as it runs this exact command for you). Thank you for pointing that out. – Markus Jul 11 '17 at 10:11
Although this works, it should definitely be a CocoaPods issue, since it is unable to locate the updated Ruby version. Probably reinstalling it just checks for the installation again and therefore "fixes" it. – Hans Knöchel Sep 04 '17 at 17:50
gem install cocoapods - throws no implicit conversion of nil to string error but "brew reinstall cocoapods" did the job. thanks @Markus – krishnan Sep 26 '17 at 11:14
gem install -n /usr/local/bin cocoapods helps me – Anupam Gupta Dec 03 '17 at 08:24
Since i updated to 10.13 OS, Provided `sudo gem install cocoapods` **again** & it's worked. – Jack Jan 11 '18 at 10:33
I hit this on Mojave on omitted `sudo`, so just `gem install cocoapods` and it worked, thanks – brthornbury Jan 08 '19 at 04:28
Works for macOS Catalina (v10.15), as well. – MMiroslav Oct 09 '19 at 15:15
Works for macOS Catalina too. – oegpyg Oct 30 '19 at 16:56

score 119 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 05 '17 at 02:16

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After upgrading to macOS High Sierra, get it fixed with following commands:

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

once it will be finished then write below command:

pod install

This solution has worked for me...!!!

answered Oct 05 '17 at 02:16

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I got "ERROR: While executing gem ... (Errno::EPERM) Operation not permitted @ rb_sysopen - /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.3/usr/bin/gem" when running the first command, but running the second still made "pod install" work. Thanks. – Bryce Sandlund Nov 19 '17 at 23:54
Despite the "warning", I'm going to say thanks here anyway. This was the only thing that worked for me. Simply reinstalling cocoapods (several times) made no difference until I did both of these steps. So - thanks! – huygir Nov 20 '17 at 14:22
I had to run the ruby update through the following command: `sudo gem update -n /usr/local/bin --system` – Paul Popiel Dec 03 '17 at 03:30
Worked for me (cocoapods 1.5.3). – atereshkov Jul 07 '18 at 10:21
After literally trying hundreds of other proposed solutions and spending hours and hours this one finally worked. I can now safely say I love you just as much as I hate the Apple/Mac dev environment! Thanks. – Arthur May 21 '21 at 09:40

score 30 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 02 '17 at 06:05

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I got this error while installing the CocoaPods

ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Gem::FilePermissionError)
You don't have write permissions for the /usr/bin directory.

And I used this statement. It worked!

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

answered Oct 02 '17 at 06:05

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This is the only solution that seemed to work for me. Thanks – Dan Beaulieu Oct 03 '17 at 15:40

score 12 · Answer 4 · edited Sep 27 '17 at 09:47

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This worked for me, although I had to do

sudo gem install cocoapods

edited Sep 27 '17 at 09:47

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answered Sep 20 '17 at 19:51

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score 11 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 23 '17 at 12:28

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This solved my problem:

$ brew install ruby
$ gem install -n /usr/local/bin cocoapods

answered Oct 23 '17 at 12:28

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Please give a short explanation of what the posted code does so people that are new to this technology have a change to understand and re-use your answer :-) – Mathieu VIALES Oct 23 '17 at 13:05
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People new to cocoapods should know how to read like the others. – thibaut noah Oct 23 '17 at 13:07
@MathieuVIALES, the "brew install ruby" assumes you already have Homebrew packager (https://brew.sh). That command then installs (or probably technically re-installs ruby since you actually need ruby to install Homebrew itself). The next line "gem install -n /usr/local/bin cocoapods" reinstalls the CocoaPod program (more at https://cocoapods.org). – Eddie Eddie Eddie Mar 01 '19 at 19:21

score 9 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 30 '17 at 16:55

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Simply run below command:

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

answered Dec 30 '17 at 16:55

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score 8 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 05 '17 at 13:35

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This works for me:

brew link --overwrite cocoapods

answered Oct 05 '17 at 13:35

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score 6 · Answer 8 · answered Sep 27 '17 at 08:43

So I ran into this problem as well after having updated to High Sierra, and it seems like there's been some changes to a location of file that the ruby framework was accessing.

You can solve it using the,

sudo gem install cocoapods

and then update pods as well with for safe measures

pod repo update

and finally

pod install

to make the pod file work again.

Hope this helps out :)

score 6 · Answer 9 · answered Sep 29 '17 at 08:37

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Try using

sudo gem update --system

Before

sudo gem install cocoapods

This worked for me

answered Sep 29 '17 at 08:37

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score 6 · Answer 10 · edited May 23 '18 at 07:03

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Cocoapods install process:

sudo gem install cocoapods (if you have any problem cocoapds, please update gem file)
sudo gem update --system
sudo gem install cocoapods

edited May 23 '18 at 07:03

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answered May 23 '18 at 06:07

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score 5 · Answer 11 · answered Oct 16 '17 at 22:37

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For me, I had to:

gem uninstall cocoapods
which pod

It still showed it in the path, so I deleted that. Made sure it still didn't show up.

Then

gem install cocoapods

answered Oct 16 '17 at 22:37

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Finally ! Deleting old pod executable before installing cocoapods worked for me – Seb Fanals Mar 08 '18 at 19:02

score 4 · Answer 12 · answered Nov 16 '17 at 06:23

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Go to Terminal...

step 1). sudo gem install cocoapods

after completion of install cocoa pods then

step 2). pod repo update

Completed

answered Nov 16 '17 at 06:23

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score 4 · Answer 13 · answered Apr 20 '18 at 06:48

MacOS High Sierra uses ruby 2.3 by default. After upgrading to it, some old ruby gems might not function properly. This problem occurs to me when I ran the bundle command (bundler is a ruby gem; it has a utility called bundle).

So, to clarify, any old ruby gems (cocoapods, bundler, etc) that are trying to access ruby 2.0 will fail.

The solution is to reinstall those old gems in a directory where you have permissions to write.

For cocoapods,

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

will do the trick.

You can optionally upgrade your gem system if you like before the install:

sudo gem update --system

This may prompt to you that the upgrading has failed. But actually, if you type:

gem --version

You can see that the upgrading has been successful.

For bundler or other gems, try to do the same:

sudo gem install gem-to-install(for example, bundler) -n /usr/local/bin

About the -n option. Don't miss that. You can check the gem documentation if you want.

So, the solution is all about reinstalling the old gem to a proper directory.

score 3 · Answer 14 · edited Nov 06 '17 at 20:29

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I also encountered this error after installing High Sierra.

ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Gem::FilePermissionError)
You don't have write permissions for the /usr/bin directory.

I used the following statement identified by Danh Huynh (see above) and It worked!

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

edited Nov 06 '17 at 20:29

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answered Nov 06 '17 at 18:33

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This is just a repeat of [this existing answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/46520248), isn't it? – Pang Nov 11 '17 at 06:00
this fixed it for me – MiMo Mar 15 '18 at 15:43
Not working for me – Shubham Ojha May 26 '22 at 15:13

score 2 · Answer 15 · answered Feb 10 '20 at 20:14

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Sudo-less .zhs-friendly solution

Modern macOS discourages using sudo and shifts from bash to zsh, so this answer may be useful if you are not going to fight with the fashion.

Insure that .zshenv exists by touch ~/.zshenv command. Configure the RubyGems environment by adding following lines:
```
export GEM_HOME=$HOME/.gem
export PATH=$GEM_HOME/bin:$PATH
```
Don't forget to relaunch Terminal.
Run gem install cocoapods.

answered Feb 10 '20 at 20:14

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ERROR: While executing gem ... (Errno::EACCES) Permission denied @ dir_s_mkdir - /Users/shubhamojha/.local/share/gem/specs – Shubham Ojha May 26 '22 at 15:14

score 1 · Answer 16 · answered Sep 27 '17 at 12:34

While I'm doing the same I got another error saying that

ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::FilePermissionError) You don't have write permissions for the /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.3.0 directory.

Then I did this and worked fine.

sudo gem uninstall cocoapods

sudo gem install cocoapods

score 1 · Answer 17 · answered Nov 27 '17 at 22:27

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Had a same issue, resolution:

Reinstall ruby

brew install ruby
Reinstall Cocoa Pods

sudo gem install cocoapods

answered Nov 27 '17 at 22:27

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score 1 · Answer 18 · answered Dec 03 '17 at 12:53

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This is a common problem when upgraded to Mac OSX High Sierra.

Fix is simply installing Cocoapods (again):

sudo gem install cocoapods

answered Dec 03 '17 at 12:53

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score 1 · Answer 19 · answered Jun 14 '18 at 12:40

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Running this on terminal worked for me:

sudo gem install cocoapods

answered Jun 14 '18 at 12:40

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score 0 · Answer 20 · answered Oct 23 '19 at 11:59

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After using the below command on the terminal, I am able to install cocoa pods in my project.

sudo gem install cocoapods --source http://rubygems.org

answered Oct 23 '19 at 11:59

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score 0 · Answer 21 · answered Nov 17 '19 at 09:00

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I faced this issue also but fixed it in less dramatical way as various re-installation / updating. Just updated PATH environment variable to point out my existing (2.6.0) ruby version.

answered Nov 17 '19 at 09:00

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score 0 · Answer 22 · answered Jan 01 '20 at 12:50

I had the same issue after upgrading to Catalina.

I updated ruby install by first installing brew and ruby using these directions. https://gorails.com/setup/osx/10.15-catalina (but only ruby, not rails, etc.)
Then I reinstalled cocoapods using the instructions above.

sudo gem install cocoapods

Then after all that I still received the error above. Then I typed 'zsh' to spawn a new shell and pull in configuration settings in the ~/.zshrc file. After this 'pod update' command worked again.

Kevin Lano · Answer 23 · 2020-12-02T14:16:55.970

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    curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable
    sudo update gems
    rvm install 2.6.0
    sudo gem install cocoapods

edited Dec 02 '20 at 14:16

answered Dec 02 '20 at 13:57

Kevin Lano

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Please don't post only code as answer, but also provide an explanation what your code does and how it solves the problem of the question. Answers with an explanation are usually more helpful and of better quality, and are more likely to attract upvotes – Boken Dec 03 '20 at 14:01

score 0 · Answer 24 · answered Dec 06 '21 at 02:26

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I used homebrew to install cocoapods on High Sierra (macOS 10.13.6) it works for me

brew install cocoapods

after this flutter doctor shows no errors.

I am able to deploy my Flutter app to IOS XS Max

answered Dec 06 '21 at 02:26

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score -1 · Answer 25 · answered Mar 10 '20 at 04:41

If cannot install new version cocoapods, example below:
1. Please remove Command line tools
sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
2. Install new Command line tools version
sudo xcode-select --install
3. after installing run below command
open /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Packages/macOS_SDK_headers_for_macOS_10.14.pkg

CocoaPods not working in macOS High Sierra

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Sudo-less .zhs-friendly solution

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