I have a new React Native project with RN 64.0, when I run npx pod install it fail returning this:
npx: installed 1 in 27.036s
Scanning for pods...
1.10.1
> pod install
Auto-linking React Native modules for target `MyMALnew`: RNCAsyncStorage, RNCMaskedView, RNGestureHandler, RNReanimated, RNScreens, and react-native-safe-area-context
Analyzing dependencies
Fetching podspec for `DoubleConversion` from `../node_modules/react-native/third-party-podspecs/DoubleConversion.podspec`
Fetching podspec for `RCT-Folly` from `../node_modules/react-native/third-party-podspecs/RCT-Folly.podspec`
Fetching podspec for `glog` from `../node_modules/react-native/third-party-podspecs/glog.podspec`
Downloading dependencies
Installing CocoaAsyncSocket (7.6.5)
Installing DoubleConversion (1.1.6)
Installing FBLazyVector (0.64.0)
Installing FBReactNativeSpec (0.64.0)
[!] /bin/bash -c
set -e
mkdir -p /Volumes/Macintosh HD - Data/WORK/MyMALnew/node_modules/react-native/scripts/../React/FBReactNativeSpec/FBReactNativeSpec && touch /Volumes/Macintosh HD - Data/WORK/MyMALnew/node_modules/react-native/scripts/../React/FBReactNativeSpec/FBReactNativeSpec/FBReactNativeSpec.h /Volumes/Macintosh HD - Data/WORK/MyMALnew/node_modules/react-native/scripts/../React/FBReactNativeSpec/FBReactNativeSpec/FBReactNativeSpec-generated.mm
mkdir: /Volumes/Macintosh: Permission denied
ps: this is the first time I use npx prefix with RN, not sure if this is the issue here :)
Thanx for helping..
It's because your Volume name "Macintosh HD" consists of two words separated by space.
This generated path -> mkdir -p /Volumes/Macintosh HD should be replaced with mkdir -p "/Volumes/Macintosh HD" (added quotation marks) by RN team I think.
I had the same issue and renaming of my Volume to single word and reinstalling node_modules solved the issue.