Trouble installing cocoapods on MacOS Monterey

ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::FilePermissionError)   You don't have write permissions for the /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0 directory.

I can’t help you on the CocoaPods side of things — for that I recommend that you escalate this via their support channel — but I can explain the file system behaviour you’re seeing. The Ruby framework, /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework, is on the signed system volume and can’t reasonably be modified [1]. For more background on this, see the Signed system volume security in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS section of Apple Platform Security.

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[1] It is possible to modify it if you lower the system security enough but that’s not something that normal folks, even developers, should be doing.

Trouble installing cocoapods on MacOS Monterey
 
 
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