How to solve "error running pod install" in flutter on mac?

Question

I have an error when I tried to launch my project on my iPhone, the basic Flutter example is working on my iPhone but when I use my project I have this error.

Please post the error output as text and provide information about how to reproduce. — Günter Zöchbauer, Jan 10 '19 at 18:49

score 106 · Answer 1 · edited May 19 '22 at 05:25

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In Flutter project, I Also faced with this issue. Fixed by updating flutter and cocoa pods to the latest version.

Solution:-

flutter clean
rm -Rf ios/Pods
rm -Rf ios/.symlinks
rm -Rf ios/Flutter/Flutter.framework
rm -Rf ios/Flutter/Flutter.podspec
flutter pub get
cd ios
pod install 
arch -x86_64 pod install  //(On an M1 mac use => arch -x86_64 pod install)
cd ..
flutter build ios
flutter run

edited May 19 '22 at 05:25

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answered Dec 26 '20 at 18:25

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On an M1 mac, `arch -x86_64 pod install` may have to be used instead of `pod install` – RukshanJS Sep 24 '21 at 10:44
I had to run `arch -x86_64 pod install --repo-update` – goodonion Feb 05 '22 at 04:41
Had to do the following: `cd ios`, `rm Podfile.lock` and `arch -x86_64 pod install --repo-update` – Muhammad Vaid Mar 21 '23 at 12:53

score 67 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 05 '21 at 11:34

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You can fix it with

sudo arch -x86_64 gem install ffi

answered Aug 05 '21 at 11:34

gtr Developer

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This resolved my issues on MacBook Pro M1. Thanks. – Harsha Aithal Oct 10 '21 at 11:56
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this seemed to fix my issue as well, just had to restart vscode after – Kevin Bloom Jun 16 '22 at 16:29
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Didn't work for me – Woldev Jul 31 '22 at 21:25
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What exactly does this do? Can you provide more information? – Albert Renshaw Sep 18 '22 at 16:51

broderbluff · Answer 3 · 2022-09-16T16:01:31.870

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I got this error when I was using Firebase in flutter, the solution for me was to set the Podfile deployment target to a iOS version higher than 9.

Example: Changed this

#platform :ios, '9.0'

to

 platform :ios, '13.0'

And as @Mana commented, remember the higher the version you set, your app will not be supported for users with lower IOS versions

edited Sep 16 '22 at 16:01

answered Jun 18 '21 at 17:51

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Updated to 14.5 and works. – Hedron Dantas Nov 16 '21 at 21:09
Same here, with Firebase in flutter. changed platform to 13.0 also works with iOS 15.3 – webmastx Jun 01 '22 at 15:35
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but pls remember the higher the version you set, your app will not be supported for users with lower IOS versions – Manas Jun 24 '22 at 10:14

score 18 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 09 '20 at 12:51

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I faced the same issue and none of the above work. Finally I resolved it by:

Check ios/.symlinks/plugins contains extra plugin which you are not using.
Delete podfile.lock in ios folder, if it exists.
Delete podfile from ios folder.
Delete pods folder in ios directory.
Run flutter clean in the terminal.
Run flutter pub get in the terminal.
Run flutter runin the terminal.

answered Nov 09 '20 at 12:51

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Worked with me after I updated my cocoapods (pod) from 1.10 to 1.11.2 – M. A. Nov 07 '21 at 02:58
I followed your method and then ran `brew reinstall cocoapods` and it started working on M2 Pro 2022 – Maruf Hassan Sep 15 '22 at 05:20

score 13 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 16 '22 at 21:42

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2022 update

After struggling for hours the following helped me:

sudo gem uninstall cocoapods
brew install cocoapods

Make sure you have HomeBrew installed before you do the above. Steps to install HomeBrew: Install HomeBrew

answered Mar 16 '22 at 21:42

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Phew!! That did it. Upgraded pod to 1.11.3. – rickb May 03 '22 at 16:55

score 7 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 15 '22 at 11:56

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For Mac M1, try the following commands. Worked for me fine

sudo arch -x86_64 gem install ffi
arch -x86_64 pod install

answered Feb 15 '22 at 11:56

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score 6 · Answer 7 · edited Dec 31 '21 at 05:54

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Change directory to your project; e.g /dart/apps/abc
Type, flutter clean && pod update

edited Dec 31 '21 at 05:54

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answered Apr 21 '19 at 15:18

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No `Podfile' found in the project directory. – Amit Khetan Feb 29 '20 at 16:12
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Pod is located on `project/ios` folder, run `cd ios` – Soon Santos Nov 07 '20 at 15:32
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if no podfile, clean and pub get – Yadu Dec 31 '20 at 09:24
1) flutter clean 2) flutter pub get 3) cd macos or cd ios 4) pod update Worked for me – Rajesh Feb 17 '23 at 08:44

score 3 · Answer 8 · answered May 08 '21 at 06:54

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So did you solve this problem?

I met the same situation. And this is the solution I found. Link

Basically:

Locate Terminal.app in Finder. (Applications->Terminal.app)
Right-click and choose Get Info
Check the “Open using Rosetta”
Quit all instances of Terminal app and run it again
Run sudo gem install ffi

After you finish the above several steps, restart your IDE and re-run the application. Please give a reply if this method works.

answered May 08 '21 at 06:54

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Yes, "Run sudo gem install ffi" resolved the issue for M1 Mac. The terminal.app is located in (Applications->Utilities->Terminal). Right clicked Terminal, Get Info, and clicked the checkbox "Open using Rosetta". Then cd'd into flutter project, run flutter clean, flutter pub get, and flutter build iOS. This resulted in a "Building a deployable iOS app requires.." notice. Then app would run in iOS simulator. Thank you. – user3151532 Nov 01 '21 at 12:24

score 3 · Answer 9 · answered Apr 28 '22 at 11:08

I'm using VS Code and flutter 2.10.1 running intel mac

I've faced this problem several times, usually when switching between projects or when working with multiple versions of project. But the solution is pretty simple.

Inside your project parent directory go to, ios -> Podfile. Here the top line will be something like this,

# Uncomment this line to define a global platform for your project
# platform :ios, '9.0'

check whatever version you are using on simulator and replace '9.0' with that and uncomment.

# Uncomment this line to define a global platform for your project
platform :ios, '15.4'

Now if we try to run the flutter project, the debugger will say that the cocoapods are outdated. So just update them using command

pod repo update

And that should solve the problem.

score 2 · Answer 10 · edited Jun 24 '21 at 08:32

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Simply delete the Podfile from your project
Run this command in terminal (I did in Android studio terminal it self)

sudo gem install cocoapods

And then run this

pod init

It works for me..

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answered Jun 23 '21 at 14:21

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score 2 · Answer 11 · answered Aug 08 '22 at 13:41

The link https://cdn.cocoapods.org does not work correctly, I had to change the source in ios/Podfile as described in the code below:

Change source in ios/Podfile

# platform :ios, '9.0'

source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'

Clean your project

flutter clean

Install referenced packages

flutter pub get

Run the app

The error can also come from a package which requires a version higher than '9.0' in this case it is necessary to uncomment the line # platform :ios, '9.0' and to pass for example to version '14.0' according to the version requested by the package.

score 1 · Answer 12 · answered Jun 21 '21 at 14:45

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Delete the podfile.lock (located in app root > ios folder)
Run in Terminal pod install --repo-update
flutter run

answered Jun 21 '21 at 14:45

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score 1 · Answer 13 · answered Sep 18 '22 at 17:02

There are multiple reasons this could occur so a one-size-fits-all solution won't exist.

Instead, in terminal, run:

$cd ios

$pod install

This will give you more in depth information on the error and you can search from there. In my case one of my dependencies required a higher minimum ios version so I had to open the .xcworkspace file and adjust the minimum deployment version in xcode>targets>general>minimum_deployments

score 1 · Answer 14 · answered Dec 01 '22 at 06:47

For me none of the above helped, the following worked on my case:

Deleted the macos folder from main project.
Created a dummy flutter project.
Copied the newly created macos folder.
Pasted it to my main project.

Additionally I use firebase plugins, so I made some changes in pod file,.. It started running.

score 0 · Answer 15 · answered May 24 '21 at 22:52

I'd the same problem, in my case when I ran pod install --verbose I realize that there was an specific error during pod install

undefined method `each_child' for #Dir:0x00007ff10befa7f0 Did you mean? each_slice

Looking for this specific error I found this answer and I realize that I was using ruby 2.5 and one file generated by Flutter for iOS devices was trying to use a method that was introduced on version 2.6.

After follow the steps on that answer I could run my Flutter app on iOS simulator.

The method dir.each_child was introduced in Ruby 2.6, but you are using Ruby 2.3.0.

You should update Ruby to 2.6.0 or later 2.x version.

After Ruby updating you may also need to restart your IDE and re-install cocoapods.

score 0 · Answer 16 · answered Dec 10 '21 at 07:22

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Check in ios/.symlinks/plugins for unused plugins. and if there are, remove from pubspec.yml. This solved my problem.

answered Dec 10 '21 at 07:22

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score 0 · Answer 17 · answered Feb 17 '22 at 20:02

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As per the install instructions make sure M1 users run. Solved the issue for me. I missed it on install!

$ sudo softwareupdate --install-rosetta --agree-to-license

answered Feb 17 '22 at 20:02

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score 0 · Answer 18 · answered May 21 '22 at 06:07

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I solve the same issue so:

Delete podfile.lock in iOS-folder app
Run pod repo update in the terminal
Re-compile my code

answered May 21 '22 at 06:07

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score 0 · Answer 19 · answered Jul 18 '22 at 14:21

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I had similar problems running flutter web on mac. Make sure you uncomment and update the podfile from macos folder not ios I'm talking about these lines:

# Uncomment this line to define a global platform for your project
platform :osx, '15.4'

answered Jul 18 '22 at 14:21

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score 0 · Answer 20 · answered Jul 28 '22 at 09:47

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If you want an automated script to change the deployment target, use

sed -i '' 's/9.0/10.0/' ./.ios/Podfile

where 9.0 is the generated iOS version and 10.0 the desired

on your pipeline, shell script or whatever

answered Jul 28 '22 at 09:47

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score 0 · Answer 21 · answered Oct 21 '22 at 15:28

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If anyone is struggling on M1 machines with a particular pod, the following helped me:

flutter precache --ios  
arch -x86_64 pod update Firebase/Firestore //or name of pod from the error

answered Oct 21 '22 at 15:28

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score 0 · Answer 22 · answered Dec 05 '22 at 05:36

Open Your Terminal paste this line of code open ~/.zshrc press Enter

if you don't have the zshrc file you will have to create it, to create it you need to open terminal paste this code touch ~/.zshrc add you flutter path and move to Second instruction

2 The Text File will open add then you add this export LANG=en_US.UTF-8

score 0 · Answer 23 · answered May 01 '23 at 05:04

I was trying to build flutter app in my M1 chip MacBook Air when I faced this issue, unfortunately the above solutions did not work for me but this did -

add to your ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc

export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"

Reference - CocoaPods requires your terminal to be using UTF-8 encoding and it aborts to run pod

score 0 · Answer 24 · answered May 03 '23 at 18:53

I got this error after install in_app_purchase: ^3.1.5 in flutter for macos

I solve : Make sure that in podfile and target platform in runner the version are the same and minimum 10.14 , but maybe you try next versions for other packages error

from flutter_project_folder -> macos -> Podfile , in this file edit and first line usually "platform :osx, '10.XX'" so change to "platform :osx, '10.14'" and in xcode open macos folder in the flutter project , then in runner -> select the macos target to match as in Podfile , here i change bothed to 10.14 the version

check as below image in xcode :

and for Podfile :

score -1 · Answer 25 · answered Apr 12 '22 at 11:39

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run this code on the terminal

sudo arch -x86_64 gem install ffi

Next, go to the ios folder in your project, and open Podfile.

Then change #platform :ios, '9.0' to platform :ios, '10.0'

answered Apr 12 '22 at 11:39

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