Trouble installing cocoapods on MacOS 12.6.1 with Xcode 14.1

sevkan@macbookonsevkan ~ % sudo gem install cocoapods

Building native extensions. This could take a while...

ERROR:  Error installing cocoapods:

ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

    current directory: /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.15.5/ext/ffi_c

/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/bin/ruby -I /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0 -r ./siteconf20221102-8176-e8a9fk.rb extconf.rb

checking for ffi.h... *** extconf.rb failed ***

Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of necessary

libraries and/or headers.  Check the mkmf.log file for more details.  You may

need configuration options.

Provided configuration options:

--with-opt-dir

--without-opt-dir

--with-opt-include

--without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include

--with-opt-lib

--without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib

--with-make-prog

--without-make-prog

--srcdir=.

--curdir

--ruby=/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/bin/$(RUBY_BASE_NAME)

--with-ffi_c-dir

--without-ffi_c-dir

--with-ffi_c-include

--without-ffi_c-include=${ffi_c-dir}/include

--with-ffi_c-lib

--without-ffi_c-lib=${ffi_c-dir}/lib

--enable-system-libffi

--disable-system-libffi

--with-libffi-config

--without-libffi-config

--with-pkg-config

--without-pkg-config

/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/mkmf.rb:467:in `try_do': The compiler failed to generate an executable file. (RuntimeError)

You have to install development tools first.

from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/mkmf.rb:585:in `block in try_compile'

from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/mkmf.rb:534:in `with_werror'

from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/mkmf.rb:585:in `try_compile'

from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/mkmf.rb:1109:in `block in have_header'

from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/mkmf.rb:959:in `block in checking_for'

from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/mkmf.rb:361:in `block (2 levels) in postpone'

from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/mkmf.rb:331:in `open'

from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/mkmf.rb:361:in `block in postpone'

from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/mkmf.rb:331:in `open'

from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/mkmf.rb:357:in `postpone'

from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/mkmf.rb:958:in `checking_for'

from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/mkmf.rb:1108:in `have_header'

from extconf.rb:10:in `system_libffi_usable?'

from extconf.rb:42:in `<main>'

To see why this extension failed to compile, please check the mkmf.log which can be found here:

  /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/extensions/universal-darwin-21/2.6.0/ffi-1.15.5/mkmf.log

extconf failed, exit code 1

Gem files will remain installed in /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.15.5 for inspection.

Results logged to /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/extensions/universal-darwin-21/2.6.0/ffi-1.15.5/gem_make.out

same issue, but solution via below link works to me. Using homebrew install cocoapods to the latest verison 1.11.3

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61116512/cocoapods-installation-failed-failed-to-build-gem-native-extension

not sure if latest Xcode 14.1 release cause this problem regarding cocoapods version, because everything is ok until end of Oct.

I had this same error on macOS Monterey 12.6.2 with Xcode 13.4, Xcode 14.0.1 and Xcode 14.2 installed. Changing the default Xcode (Xcode / Preferences / Locations - "Command Line Tools:) from the latest (14.2) to 13.4 and trying again was successful. With 14.2 as the default: sudo gem install cocoapods -v 1.11.2 => #fail sudo gem install cocoapods => #fail (different error message) After changing to 13.4 as the default: sudo gem install cocoapods -v 1.11.2 => success, and pod --version => 1.11.2

Trouble installing cocoapods on MacOS 12.6.1 with Xcode 14.1
 
 
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