Pod setup cannot find cocoapods

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After installing cocoapods with sudo gem install cocoapods, attempting to run "pod setup" returns this error:

Could not find 'cocoapods' (>= 0) among 22 total gem(s) (Gem::LoadError)

Output from "pod setup":

/Users/Kevin/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/dependency.rb:313:in `to_specs': Could not find 'cocoapods' (>= 0) among 22 total gem(s) (Gem::LoadError) Checked in 'GEM_PATH=/Users/Kevin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194:/Users/Kevin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@global', execute `gem env` for more information from /Users/Kevin/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/dependency.rb:322:in `to_spec' from /Users/Kevin/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_gem.rb:53:in `gem' from /Users/Kevin/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/bin/pod:22:in `<main>'

When I check the directory listed in GEM_PATH, it includes:

... drwxr-xr-x 5 root staff 170B Jun 16 23:35 cocoapods-core-0.33.1/ drwxr-xr-x 5 Kevin staff 170B Jun 16 23:41 cocoapods-downloader-0.6.1/ drwxr-xr-x 15 Kevin staff 510B Jun 16 23:41 cocoapods-plugins-0.2.0/ drwxr-xr-x 11 Kevin staff 374B Jun 16 23:41 cocoapods-trunk-0.1.3/ drwxr-xr-x 15 Kevin staff 510B Jun 16 23:41 cocoapods-try-0.3.0/ ...

So the files are there, though its core is root since I used sudo gem install cocoapods.

Solutions suggested on previous Stack Overflow questions that I've tried:

Install cocoapods without sudo: Suggested here. However, even following these instructions I get permission denied when trying to use gem install cocoapods.
Sudo pod setup: Suggested here. However, pod tells me that I can't use it in sudo.
Change permissions for cocoapods files: Suggested here. I tried running the lines provided by the top answer but it says that those files do not exist.

How do I get pod setup to work?

Did you uninstall it with sudo gem uninstall cocoapods before trying to install again without sudo? Please read this answer again. — user3453503
– user3453503, Commented Sep 7, 2014 at 18:16
Thanks! Yup, I had tried that. For those with the same problem, I ended up uninstalling and reinstalling ruby which solved the problem for me--though may have been overkill. — Kevin
– Kevin, Commented Sep 9, 2014 at 0:33

hellion · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-12 19:10:38Z

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Don't use sudo.

1: sudo gem uninstall cocoapods 2: gem install cocoapods 3: pod install

answered May 12, 2015 at 19:10

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mins · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-21 00:33:20Z

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I had the same issue. I solved it by

Removing cocoapods
Reinstalling it using rvmsudo instead of sudo
rvmsudo gem install cocoapods

Hope it helps!

edited Mar 21, 2015 at 0:33

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answered Mar 20, 2015 at 23:36

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William Romero Over a year ago

This answer was very helpful for me, because i believe i couldn't install pod as "sudo". Thank you for the help.

xiaoyu.cheng · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-27 05:51:33Z

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if your osx is 10.11 use sudo gem install -n /usr/local/bin GEM_NAME_HERE

answered May 27, 2016 at 5:51

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Gopal Devra · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-14 10:25:07Z

Run command rvm use system in Terminal,then the installation worked even though the system Ruby is 2.0.0.

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