When I run
$ gem install cocoapods I get
Fetching: i18n-0.7.0.gem (100%) ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::FilePermissionError) You don't have write permissions for the /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0 directory. I've read this post cocoaPods pod install Permission denied but the answer there doesn't say whether it is correct to run sudo on your gem install (despite being asked in the Question - i.e. Is sudo installation of cocoaPods the wrong way or normal way? ).
It seems you are not using any package manager. Since, you don't have write permission to this directory, there is nothing wrong in using sudo for gem install.
However, I prefer changing ownership of that directory, so that I don't have to use sudo every time.
i.e. sudo chown -R [login name] /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0
and ensure that I have write permission. sudo chmod -R u+w /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0
Consider using rvm (ruby version manager) or rbenv
rvmsudo instead of just sudo. Check out this link for further details: rvm.io/integration/sudo
sudo chown -R $USER /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0 for direct copy/pasteThis is the solution when you are receiving the "Operation not permitted" error.
$ mkdir -p $HOME/Software/ruby $ export GEM_HOME=$HOME/Software/ruby $ gem install cocoapods [...] You need to 'update Gems'. Open terminal, then do this
sudo gem update That's enough.
