pod install failed on macOS Big sur - react-native

Question

I am pretty new to macOS and recently shift to macOS from windows, I started to working on react-native app and when I try react-native run-ios it gives me below error
error Could not find "Podfile.lock" at /Users/saniranimantha/Documents/Learning/albums/ios/Podfile.lock. Did you run "pod install" in iOS directory?
info Found Xcode project "albums.xcodeproj"
info Launching iPhone 11 (iOS 14.3)
info Building (using "xcodebuild -project albums.xcodeproj -configuration Debug -scheme albums -destination id=FE71292F-36FA-4226-A8E5-B4EF4E8B625D")
(node:726) Warning: Accessing non-existent property 'padLevels' of module exports inside circular dependency
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
error Failed to build iOS project. We ran "xcodebuild" command but it exited with error code 65. To debug build logs further, consider building your app with Xcode.app, by opening albums.xcodeproj. Run CLI with --verbose flag for more details.
when I search for the reason to this error, I found out that I need to run pod install command, when I try that, it gives me another error. I tried several suggestions from stack-overflow & git, but still no luck. I did install cocoapod. I searched for a similar issue, but couldn't find anything. That's why I decided to post it here for an answer. if anyone can help me here, that would be really great.
my OS is macOS Big Sur (v11.1)
this is my podfile
require_relative '../node_modules/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods'
require_relative '../node_modules/#react-native-community/cli-platform-ios/native_modules'
platform :ios, '10.0'
target 'albums' do
config = use_native_modules!
use_react_native!(:path => config["reactNativePath"])
target 'albumsTests' do
inherit! :complete
# Pods for testing
end
# Enables Flipper.
#
# Note that if you have use_frameworks! enabled, Flipper will not work and
# you should disable these next few lines.
use_flipper!
post_install do |installer|
flipper_post_install(installer)
end
end
target 'albums-tvOS' do
# Pods for albums-tvOS
target 'albums-tvOSTests' do
inherit! :search_paths
# Pods for testing
end
end
this is the error I get on pod install
Analyzing dependencies
Fetching podspec for `DoubleConversion` from `../node_modules/react-native/third-party-podspecs/DoubleConversion.podspec`
Fetching podspec for `Folly` from `../node_modules/react-native/third-party-podspecs/Folly.podspec`
Fetching podspec for `glog` from `../node_modules/react-native/third-party-podspecs/glog.podspec`
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### Command
```
/usr/local/bin/pod install
```
### Report
* What did you do?
* What did you expect to happen?
* What happened instead?
### Stack
```
CocoaPods : 1.10.0
Ruby : ruby 2.6.3p62 (2019-04-16 revision 67580) [universal.arm64e-darwin20]
RubyGems : 3.0.3
Host : macOS 11.1 (20C69)
Xcode : 12.3 (12C33)
Git : git version 2.24.3 (Apple Git-128)
Ruby lib dir : /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib
Repositories :
```
### Plugins
```
cocoapods-deintegrate : 1.0.4
cocoapods-plugins : 1.0.0
cocoapods-search : 1.0.0
cocoapods-trunk : 1.5.0
cocoapods-try : 1.2.0
```
### Podfile
```ruby
require_relative '../node_modules/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods'
require_relative '../node_modules/#react-native-community/cli-platform-ios/native_modules'
platform :ios, '10.0'
target 'albums' do
config = use_native_modules!
use_react_native!(:path => config["reactNativePath"])
target 'albumsTests' do
inherit! :complete
# Pods for testing
end
# Enables Flipper.
#
# Note that if you have use_frameworks! enabled, Flipper will not work and
# you should disable these next few lines.
use_flipper!
post_install do |installer|
flipper_post_install(installer)
end
end
target 'albums-tvOS' do
# Pods for albums-tvOS
target 'albums-tvOSTests' do
inherit! :search_paths
# Pods for testing
end
end
```
### Error
```
LoadError - dlopen(/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.14.2/lib/ffi_c.bundle, 0x0009): missing compatible arch in /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.14.2/lib/ffi_c.bundle - /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.14.2/lib/ffi_c.bundle
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.14.2/lib/ffi.rb:6:in `rescue in <top (required)>'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.14.2/lib/ffi.rb:3:in `<top (required)>'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ethon-0.12.0/lib/ethon.rb:2:in `<top (required)>'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/typhoeus-1.4.0/lib/typhoeus.rb:2:in `<top (required)>'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:74:in `cdn_url?'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:36:in `create_source_with_url'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:21:in `find_or_create_source_with_url'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:178:in `block in sources'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:177:in `map'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:177:in `sources'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:1073:in `block in resolve_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:64:in `section'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:1072:in `resolve_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:124:in `analyze'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:414:in `analyze'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:239:in `block in resolve_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:64:in `section'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:238:in `resolve_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:160:in `install!'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/command/install.rb:52:in `run'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/claide-1.0.3/lib/claide/command.rb:334:in `run'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/command.rb:52:in `run'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/bin/pod:55:in `<top (required)>'
/usr/local/bin/pod:23:in `load'
/usr/local/bin/pod:23:in `<main>'
```
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EDIT
for a one react-native project(newly created one) #Leri Gogsadze's answer was working. I cloned a repo which is already developed react-native app, and had the same issue, in that project, I tried the solution suggested by #Leri but did't work react-native run-ios build failed, then I tried pod update command and it now gives me the below error.
Adding a custom script phase for Pod RNFBApp: [RNFB] Core Configuration
Auto-linking React Native modules for target `GregMobileSecondPhase`: BVLinearGradient, RNCAsyncStorage, RNCMaskedView, RNCPicker, RNDateTimePicker, RNDeviceInfo, RNFBApp, RNFBMessaging, RNFS, RNGestureHandler, RNImageCropPicker, RNKeychain, RNReanimated, RNSVG, RNScreens, RNVectorIcons, ReactNativeART, react-native-add-calendar-event, react-native-document-picker, react-native-fbsdk, react-native-geolocation-service, react-native-maps, react-native-safe-area-context, react-native-slider, react-native-viewpager, react-native-webview, and rn-range-slider
Update all pods
Updating local specs repositories
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### Command
```
/usr/local/bin/pod update
```
### Report
* What did you do?
* What did you expect to happen?
* What happened instead?
### Stack
```
CocoaPods : 1.10.0
Ruby : ruby 2.6.3p62 (2019-04-16 revision 67580) [universal.arm64e-darwin20]
RubyGems : 3.0.3
Host : macOS 11.1 (20C69)
Xcode : 12.3 (12C33)
Git : git version 2.24.3 (Apple Git-128)
Ruby lib dir : /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib
Repositories : trunk - CDN - https://cdn.cocoapods.org/
```
### Plugins
```
cocoapods-deintegrate : 1.0.4
cocoapods-plugins : 1.0.0
cocoapods-search : 1.0.0
cocoapods-trunk : 1.5.0
cocoapods-try : 1.2.0
```
### Podfile
```ruby
require_relative '../node_modules/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods'
require_relative '../node_modules/#react-native-community/cli-platform-ios/native_modules'
platform :ios, '10.0'
target 'GregMobileSecondPhase' do
config = use_native_modules!
use_react_native!(:path => config["reactNativePath"])
pod 'Firebase/Analytics'
pod 'FBSDKCoreKit'
pod 'FBSDKLoginKit'
pod 'FBSDKShareKit'
target 'GregMobileSecondPhaseTests' do
inherit! :complete
# Pods for testing
end
# Enables Flipper.
#
# Note that if you have use_frameworks! enabled, Flipper will not work and
# you should disable these next few lines.
use_flipper!
post_install do |installer|
flipper_post_install(installer)
end
end
target 'GregMobileSecondPhase-tvOS' do
# Pods for GregMobileSecondPhase-tvOS
target 'GregMobileSecondPhase-tvOSTests' do
inherit! :search_paths
# Pods for testing
end
end
```
### Error
```
LoadError - dlopen(/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.14.2/lib/ffi_c.bundle, 0x0009): missing compatible arch in /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.14.2/lib/ffi_c.bundle - /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.14.2/lib/ffi_c.bundle
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.14.2/lib/ffi.rb:6:in `rescue in <top (required)>'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.14.2/lib/ffi.rb:3:in `<top (required)>'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ethon-0.12.0/lib/ethon.rb:2:in `<top (required)>'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/typhoeus-1.4.0/lib/typhoeus.rb:2:in `<top (required)>'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods-core/cdn_source.rb:440:in `download_typhoeus_impl_async'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods-core/cdn_source.rb:372:in `download_and_save_with_retries_async'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods-core/cdn_source.rb:365:in `download_file_async'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods-core/cdn_source.rb:338:in `download_file'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods-core/cdn_source.rb:78:in `deprecated_local_podspecs'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods-core/cdn_source.rb:60:in `preheat_existing_files'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods-core/cdn_source.rb:257:in `update'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:135:in `block (3 levels) in update'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:64:in `section'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:134:in `block (2 levels) in update'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:133:in `each'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:133:in `block in update'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:131:in `open'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:131:in `update'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:145:in `block in update_repositories'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:143:in `each'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:143:in `update_repositories'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:235:in `block in resolve_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:64:in `section'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:234:in `resolve_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:160:in `install!'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/command/update.rb:63:in `run'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/claide-1.0.3/lib/claide/command.rb:334:in `run'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/command.rb:52:in `run'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/bin/pod:55:in `<top (required)>'
/usr/local/bin/pod:23:in `load'
/usr/local/bin/pod:23:in `<main>'
```
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[!] NPM package '#react-native-firebase/messaging' depends on '#react-native-firebase/app' v10.3.0 but found v10.2.0, this might cause build issues or runtime crashes.
saniranimantha#Saniras-MBP ios % ~

Answer 1

Seems it's related to Ruby ffi. Run the following commands:
sudo arch -x86_64 gem install ffi
arch -x86_64 pod install

Answer 2

sudo arch -x86_64 gem install ffi
Then
arch -x86_64 pod install
This works for Apple M1 Chip. Confirmed.

Answer 3

on Apple Silicon and MacOS Big Sur, I fixed it this way and it worked
Locate Terminal.app in Finder
Right-click and choose Get Info
Check the Open using Rosetta
Quit Terminal app and run it again
Run sudo gem install ffi
Run pod install
See detail at: https://armen-mkrtchian.medium.com/run-cocoapods-on-apple-silicon-and-macos-big-sur-developer-transition-kit-b62acffc1387

Answer 4

or we can do it, it works for me:
sudo gem uninstall cocoapods
brew install cocoapods

Answer 5

for homebrew users
step 1 brew install cocoapods
step 2 sudo arch -x86_64 gem install ffi
step 3 arch -x86_64 pod install
fixed my issue
and if problem is still persisting you might have installed node.js with other platform rather than homebrew

Answer 6

I had faced the same issue, while doing pod install in React native project, running on M1 chip MacBook. This helped me to resolve the issue.
Open the rosetta terminal and type below commands.
-- sudo rm -rf ~/.cocoapods/repos
Inside the ios folder of the project, type the below command :
pod install

Answer 7

For me what worked was recloning the repo and starting all over.
You can also try to update cocoapods, last case update also Xcode and re-cloning the repo.
There is currently missmatch regarding the pods, libraries, dependencies and Xcode, for example the Firebase SDK that you also use is updating frequently.
My setup:
Xcode 12.4
Mac M1
react-native 63.4

Answer 8

I faced the same issue. Below are the steps i followed. The issue got resolved.
Install ruby in homebrew (brew install ruby)
Add export PATH=/opt/homebrew/opt/ruby/bin:/opt/homebrew/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/bin:$PATH to your .zshrc
source ~/.zshrc
sudo gem install -n /usr/local/bin cocoapods
pod setup
arch -arm64 gem install ffi
change to project directory inside ios folder execute the following command
arch -arm64 pod install