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

score 237 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 31 '20 at 16:25

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Using following commands, it worked for me.

sudo gem uninstall cocoapods
sudo gem install -n /usr/local/bin
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 Oct 31 '20 at 16:25

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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? – Jun711 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

score 108 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 08 '21 at 12:49

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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

edited Nov 08 '21 at 12:49

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answered Jan 19 '18 at 07:07

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- 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
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UPVOTED!. This is the only solution has worked for me. I was stuck on and wouldn't be able to use or download any pods inside my projects for TWO days. Many Thanks. My problem was that I get this error message frequently : ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. – Mohammed Hasan May 09 '20 at 20:53
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Thank you, man. You saved me. I uninstalled cocoapods while using Big Sur Beta and for the life of me I was unable to install it again. – rmvz3 Sep 22 '20 at 21:25
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!! – Bruce Bruce Jan 10 '22 at 16:13

score 19 · 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)

edited Jul 12 '19 at 21:23

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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

score 10 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 26 '20 at 07:00

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 is two way to install 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

score 5 · Answer 6 · 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 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 3 · Answer 8 · 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 2 · Answer 9 · answered Mar 11 '22 at 11:13

Thankfully i found solution after a hours.

As you now, 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

score 1 · Answer 10 · 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

Tomerikoo

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answered Nov 08 '21 at 12:46

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score 0 · Answer 11 · 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 12 · 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 0 · Answer 13 · 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 14 · edited Feb 06 '22 at 13:21

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To relink, run:

brew unlink cocoapods && brew link cocoapods

edited Feb 06 '22 at 13:21

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answered Feb 06 '22 at 09:04

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score 0 · Answer 15 · 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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