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 need to install Xcode's developer tools. The easiest way to do this is through terminal (this question)

xcode-select --install

Answer 2

I was getting this error and had to completely reinstall cocoapods to fix it. Finally worked. Maybe this solution suits for anyone else.

sudo rm -rf home_folder/.cocoapods/

After that, did again

pod setup

and installed my libraries from zero, and everything worked.

Hope it helps!

Answer 3

Worked for me in 2020 (Mac OS Catalina)

xcode-select --install

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

Answer 4

I had multiple environments in my configuration, which was causing problems as rvm was interfering with the installation. Once ruby 2.x was detected the install went fine.

For my environment I did the following: 1. xcode-select --install 2. rvm implode (Note - too drastic - you may not need to do this, I didn't have any use for the older ruby installations, I removed them via rvm uninstall one-by-one and then used rvm implode 3. gem install cocoapods

This time the last command worked without any issues.

Answer 5

if you're also seeing error: active developer path .. does not exist you may also have to do this

$ sudo xcode-select --reset