“pod init” giving error “-bash: pod: command not found”

Question

I am trying to create a Podfile for my Xcode project for Firebase compatibility, but when I try to create it within the same file that my Xcode project is stored in, using my te

Answer 1

if the 1st command doesn't work, try the 2nd command

sudo gem install cocoapods

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

In my case, the 2nd command worked

Answer 2

Looks like you didn't install CocoaPods.

To do that you install it through ruby gems, like this:

sudo gem install cocoapods

If you don't have admin privileges, try:

gem install cocoapods --user-install

Answer 3

Got this error today. Was able to resolve it by making sure I had ruby in my PATH.

export PATH=/usr/bin/ruby:$PATH

Then (as suggested by answers above) run

sudo gem install cocoapods

Or

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

Answer 4

I ran into this problem yesterday, I reckon others in my situation will be too. So I am running a mac OS siera on a virtual machine on my windows so I can use xcode. Firstly you will need to update your version of ruby, it has been answered here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/38194139/7451779.

Once updated this just run: $ sudo gem install cocoapods

After all this $ pod init should work

Answer 5

Brew install

$ brew install cocoapods      

For me sudo gem install cocoapodsdid not work.
When I tried $sudo gem install -n /usr/local/bin cocoapods it threw me weird error messages. But brew install was pretty neat.

Answer 6

For OS Catalina (as of December 2019)

gem install -n /usr/local/bin cocoapods