CocoaPods Failing to install with Xcode 5.0.2

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I have been stuck on this issue for a couple hours now and I cannot find a solution. I am running Mavericks and have Xcode 5.0.2 installed (which comes with the Command Line Tools).

My environment:

using RVM with ruby version 1.9.3p484
Xcode 5.0.2
Mac OS 10.9.1
Gem 2.2.0
Bundler version 1.3.5

Sudo gem install cocoapods outputs

kyles-mbp-2:fresh-driver-ios kylechronis$ sudo gem install cocoapods
     Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
     ERROR:  Error installing cocoapods:
     ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

    /Users/kylechronis/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p484/bin/ruby -rubygems    
    /Users/kylechronis/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p484/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/rake- 0.9.2.2/bin/rake RUBYARCHDIR=/Users/kylechronis/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3- p484/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/extensions/x86_64-darwin-13/1.9.1/xcodeproj-0.14.1 RUBYLIBDIR=/Users/kylechronis/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p484/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/extensions/x86_64-darwin-13/1.9.1/xcodeproj-0.14.1

   /Users/kylechronis/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p484/bin/ruby extconf.rb
   checking for -std=c99 option to compiler... yes
   checking for CoreFoundation... no
   checking for main() in -lCoreFoundation... no
   CoreFoundation is needed to build the Xcodeproj C extension.
    *** extconf.rb failed ***
   Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of
   necessary libraries and/or headers.  Check the mkmf.log file for more
   details.  You may need configuration options.

Is this an issue with CoreFoundation not being found? or using a different version of Ruby? Any help or input would be greatly appreciated.

ortemij · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-25 09:05:45Z

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Installing new Ruby version helped me. Follow these steps

rvm reinstall ruby-2.0.0-p247 --with-gcc=clang --verify-downloads 1
gem install xcodeproj
gem install cocoapods

I found this answer in some old Github issue.

answered Jan 25, 2014 at 9:05

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ether_joe Over a year ago

this was the fix for me, although I backdated myself from 1.9.3-p484 to 1.9.3-p448 . Seems like something is messed up with the p484 build in this scenario.

frank Over a year ago

this fixed it for me too with xcode 5.0.2, it wasn't working with ruby 1.9.2-p442

abbood Over a year ago

use sudo gem install cocoapods if you want to be able to use cocoapods from within any directory on your system.. the above command only makes it work on the same directory it was installed FYI, this is also in accordance with the installation instructions on the cocoapods website

Echelon Over a year ago

Worked with 2.1.1 also

marciokoko · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-08 00:03:10Z

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I ran into this:

http://cocoafactory.com/blog/2013/02/01/troubleshooting-cocoapods-installation/

and this:

http://railsapps.github.io/installrubyonrails-mac.html

I kinda figured i needed to update something since I was in 1.9.3 i tried updating to 2.1.0. Then I realized I couldn't by doing rvm install ruby. So I did

sudo gem update --system

that did something which worked, then I was able to run

rvm install ruby which updated successfully to 2.1.0

Reinstalled cocoa pods btw...and now

pod setup has given me Setting up Cocoadpods master repo :)

answered Jan 8, 2014 at 0:03

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Stone Alessandro · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-16 04:07:54Z

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http://railsapps.github.io/installrubyonrails-mac.html

and this :

rvm get stable --auto-dotfiles

did the trick

answered Jan 16, 2014 at 4:07

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:04:59Z

i had the identical error messages and spent a lot of time trying all the various answers above and on other sites and other SO pages including:

ERROR: Error installing cocoapods: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension

and

http://www.relaxdiego.com/2012/02/using-gcc-when-xcode-43-is-installed.html

and many others

none of it made any difference

i ultimately created a new user on my iMac to see if i could install cocoapods successfully on a pristine install, and it worked beautifully. i checked all the various versions of everything (ruby, gcc) and found they were the same for the new user as for my old user.

then i realized there were some extra lines added in my ~/.bashrc and ~/.bash_profile files that were there to help set up virtualenv as follows:

in .bashrc:

export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/.virtualenvs 
export PROJECT_HOME=$HOME/Desktop/Programming
source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh

and in .bash_profile:

[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"

after commenting these lines out and sourcing .bashrc and .bash_profile

$ source ~/.bashrc
$ source ~/.bash_profile

then

$ sudo gem install cocoapods

worked flawlessly...

hope this helps someone else in my previously hopeless situation

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