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

Question

I am trying to install cocoapods to my MacBook Pro running with OSX 10.9.1 (new Mavericks) and after type gem install cocoapods I get the following error:

Answer 1

You must use the command in Terminal for installing Command Line Tools:

xcode-select --install

If you receive the message as a result of "Can't install the software because it is not currently available from the Software Update server.", You must download manually Command Line Tools from Apple site.

Answer 2

I got same problem and I just fixed with change my /usr/local/include folder to /usr/local/include_old

Answer 3

I was having the same exact problem, although I had the latest version of the xcode command-line tools.

If you have homebrew installed, do brew install apple-gcc42. This immediately solved it for me.

Answer 4

First, check the version of Ruby you are using.

$ruby -v
ruby 2.7.1p83 (2020-03-31 revision a0c7c23c9c) [x86_64-darwin18]
$ which ruby
usr/bin/ruby

Now use Homebrew to install the latest Ruby.

$ brew install ruby
==> ruby
By default, binaries installed by gem will be placed into:
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/bin

You may want to add this to your PATH.

ruby is keg-only, which means it was not symlinked into /usr/local,
because macOS already provides this software and installing another version in
parallel can cause all kinds of trouble.

If you need to have ruby first in your PATH run:

$ echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/ruby/bin:$PATH"' >> /Users/xxx/.bash_profile

For compilers to find ruby you may need to set:

$ export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/ruby/lib"
$ export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/ruby/include"

Follow the instructions to set PATH. Now you will go to see the installed Ruby. Make sure to replace the 'xxx' with your username.

$ echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/ruby/bin:$PATH"' >> /Users/xxx/.bash_profile
$ echo 'export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/ruby/lib"' >> ~/.bash_profile
$ echo 'export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/ruby/include"' >> ~/.bash_profile

$ source ~/.bash_profile

Finally, Make sure your PATH is in place.

$ ruby -v
ruby 2.7.1p83 (2020-03-31 revision a0c7c23c9c) [x86_64-darwin18]
$ which ruby
/usr/local/opt/ruby/bin/ruby

You're good to go! Make sure you install by specifying the save destination as follows.

$ sudo gem install -n /usr/local/bin cocoapods

Answer 5

My way to solved:

First of all, i have new mac os 10.15.7 and Xcode

None of previous solutions worked for me too

I note that pods install in Library 2.6.0 and decided that it needs to be updated:

step 1

\curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --ruby

Ok!

Then i checked version: 2.6.0 - Why? In last string after install ruby, i noticed:

• To start using RVM you need to run source /Users/abazhanov/.rvm/scripts/rvm in all your open shell windows, in rare cases you need to reopen all shell windows.

ok, let's do it:

step 2

source /Users/abazhanov/.rvm/scripts/rvm

Then i checked version: 2.7.0 - its ok!

step 3

sudo gem install cocoapods 

As a result: 34 gems installed

I understand that the new version of Pods simply did not install on the old version of Ruby

Answer 6

Sometimes the issue is that your xcode tools version is too low. Try running these commands if you already have it

sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

xcode-select --install

sudo xcodebuild -license accept

open /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Packages/macOS_SDK_headers_for_macOS_10.14.pkg