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Not able to install cocoa pods on EL Capitan 10.11.1

Getting the following error:

ERROR: Could not find a valid gem 'cocoapods' (>= 0), here is why: Unable to download data from https://rubygems.org/ - Errno::ETIMEDOUT: Operation timed out - connect(2) (https://rubygems.org/latest_specs.4.8.gz)

Please help.

Solution

  • First you have to update your system (Which will install the ruby gems)

    STEPS TO INSTALL COCOAPODS

    UPDATE SYSTEM

    sudo gem update --system

    INSTALL COCOAPODS

    Before EL Capitan

    sudo gem install cocoapods

    After EL Capitan

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

    SETUP POD

    pod setup

    POD INIT (GO TO YOUR PROJECT DIRECTORY)

    pod init

    OPEN AND UPDATE POD FILE

    open -a Xcode Podfile

    INSTALL THE PODs AS PER YOUR NEED

    pod install

    UPDATE : Cocoapods installation with Homebrew

    /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH

brew install ruby

brew install cocoapods

pod --version

pod install