The version of CocoaPods used to generate the lock

Question

on $pod install it gives warning & fails

The version of CocoaPods used to generate the lockfile (1.5.3) is higher than the version of the current executable (1.5.2)

What is it trying to say ?

macOs : 10.11.6 osx el capitan

my pod version is : 1.5.3

What does"current executable" (1.5.2) means ?

and

how to update it ?

Answer 1

$ [sudo] gem install cocoapods

you can update with this command

Answer 2

2 solution

1. deleted ios/podfile.lock and again do $pod install

OR

2. OS UPDATE

   2.1 updated mac to high sierra or higher

   2.2 update xcode

   2.3 then update pod $sudo gem install cocoapods

   2.4 then $cd ios

   2.5 then $pod install

   2.6 $react-native start-ios

Answer 3

The error you are getting is due to your podfile.lock being built with an older version of Cocoapods. All you need to do is to delete your podfile.lock file and run pod install. This will create a new podfile.lock, with your current dependencies. Note that it should not take too long because your files should already be downloaded, they just need to be linked in said file.