Cocoapods Installation Error on macOS Sierra 10.12

Question

I'm getting this error when i'm trying to install cocoapods:

$ sudo gem install cocoapods
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Errno::EPERM)
    Operation not permitted - /usr/bin/fuzzy_match

I have gem version 2.6.7 installed, macOS 10.12.1 can anyone help please..or have instructions how to install cocoapods on 10.12.1

Answer 1

I have a similar problem and it solved by using 2nd solution, try to run these commands either in solutions 1 or 2 at terminal

I'm running osx 10.12.1

ERROR: While executing gem ... (Errno::EPERM) Operation not permitted - /usr/bin/pod

Solution 1:

step 1 : sudo nvram boot-args="rootless=0"

step 2 : sudo reboot

step 3 : sudo gem install cocoapods -V

Solution 2:

step 1 : sudo gem install -n /usr/local/bin cocoapods

step 2 : pod setup

Answer 2

check pod version using command given below

pod --version

if there is any version installed remove it by using the command

sudo gem uninstall cocoapods

restart your mac and reinstall again using the command

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

Answer 3

On MAC OS Sierra10.12.2, the following steps solve my problem:-

steps:

1. sudo reboot
2. sudo gem install -n /usr/local/bin cocoapods
3. pod setup
4. cd specific path
5. pod update