To install cocoapods successfully, run sudo gem install cocoapods. However, the installation fails due to various reasons.

  • The Ruby version is too early. Upgrade the Ruby version first

    brew update

    brew install ruby

    After executing 👆, ruby -v shows that the version is the same as before because the environment variables are not configured. Therefore, another step is to configure environment variables.

    echo ‘export PATH=”/usr/local/opt/ruby/bin:$PATH”‘ >> ~/.bash_profile

    source ~/.bash_profile

    ruby -v

    After the command is executed, the system checks the version and determines that the version is updated to the latest version.

  • -bash: pod: command not found

    The solution is to remove the installed Cocoapods

    Execute the command gem list – local | grep cocoapods lists cocoapods related project will, in turn, to delete

    sudo gem uninstall cocoapods

    Then run sudo gem install -n /usr/local/bin cocoapods to install cocoapods

    Sudo chmod +rx /usr/local/bin You can change the system permission of usr/local/bin if necessary

    pod –version

    1.10.1

    To solve the problem of installing Cocoapods