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 55 · Answer 1 · 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

Abraams gtr

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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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Worked very well on my M1 MBP too! Thank you very much! – alperen.emeksiz Dec 20 '21 at 18:20
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This resolved my issue on my M1 MBP. Thanks! – MySilmaril Feb 11 '22 at 03:33
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here too, solution for M1 MBP.. .thanks!! – Pieter Feb 11 '22 at 08:31
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really thanks so much work for me too on on m1 – aazimkhani Feb 27 '22 at 20:45
Tried other solutions... But, this was the solver!!!! – chichi Mar 07 '22 at 19:11

score 24 · Answer 2 · 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
@RukshanJS this solved my issue, please write it as an answer – Shady Mohamed Sherif Nov 20 '21 at 11:25
I had to run `arch -x86_64 pod install --repo-update` – goodonion Feb 05 '22 at 04:41
`arch -x86_64 pod install` on M1 helped – Kirill Karmazin May 12 '22 at 13:21

broderbluff · Answer 3 · 2021-06-18T18:18:32.277

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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'

edited Jun 18 '21 at 18:18

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

score 11 · 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

Hafiz Inam

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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

score 7 · 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

Lyubomir Ivanov Valchev

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

score 3 · Answer 6 · 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
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

score 3 · Answer 7 · 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 2 · Answer 8 · 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..

edited Jun 24 '21 at 08:32

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answered Jun 23 '21 at 14:21

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score 2 · Answer 9 · 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 1 · Answer 10 · 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 0 · Answer 11 · 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 12 · 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 13 · 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

Lee Casey

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score 0 · Answer 14 · 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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score 0 · Answer 15 · 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 0 · Answer 16 · 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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