Could not find 'ffi' (>= 1.3.0) among 85 total gem(s) (Gem::MissingSpecError) React native IOS on pod install

Question

Hi I'm trying to run my react native app on mac mini. I can run another app also this app to but when i write pod install in terminal it gives this error.

1: from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/specification.rb:1449:in `block in activate_dependencies'

    /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/dependency.rb:311:in `to_specs': Could not find 'ffi' (>= 1.3.0) among 85 total gem(s) (Gem::MissingSpecError)
    Checked in 

'GEM_PATH=/Users/xx/.gem/ruby/2.6.0:/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0:/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0', execute `gem env` for more information

I tryed a lot like this code

sudo gem pristine --all,  gem pristine --all

sudo gem install -n /usr/local/bin cocoapods -v 1.8.4

delete and ini pod init/ which gave error
brew reinstall cocoapods
\curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --ruby

score 38 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 08 '21 at 06:55

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You can try this command

sudo gem uninstall -aIx
rm -rf ~/.gem
sudo gem install cocoapods

sudo chown -R $USER ~/Library/Caches/CocoaPods

answered Sep 08 '21 at 06:55

hong developer

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Well thank you very much. It took a time to done this codes for macmini. Now it works. – tryingtofix Sep 08 '21 at 07:27
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Those commands not work for me. But reinstall ruby works for this issue – Stoull Nov 05 '21 at 05:53
@Stoull can you help in installing Ruby in macOS 12 (intel) – Anup Gupta Nov 08 '21 at 19:04
Tried 3-4 solutions, only this one works! – Sam Xu Oct 29 '22 at 02:56

score 15 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 05 '21 at 05:58

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For me, install a new version of ruby resolved this issue.

curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable
source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm
rvm list known
rvm install 2.7.2
sudo gem install cocoapods

answered Nov 05 '21 at 05:58

Stoull

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This one worked for me. Thank you. I had to add: brew install --build-from-source python@3.10 xcode-select --install – baru Feb 22 '22 at 07:31

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered May 03 '22 at 11:39

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Same issue. Just updating gem package manager is works for me

gem update

Terminal will display installing 'ffi'

Successfully installed ffi-1.15.5

answered May 03 '22 at 11:39

andrey leganov

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 07 '22 at 18:41

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i solved the issue by installing the command line tool for XCode.

Just download the specific CLT from apple website

answered Aug 07 '22 at 18:41

Iskandir

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 17 '22 at 23:53

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I just did a

bundle install

and that allowed me to do a pod install after upgrading (without asking me to Xcode 14).

answered Sep 17 '22 at 23:53

Greg Eoyang

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 30 '23 at 08:40

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Gem didn't work for me, run below cmd and now pod install should work like a charm

brew link --overwrite cocoapods

answered Mar 30 '23 at 08:40

Harshal

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Could not find 'ffi' (>= 1.3.0) among 85 total gem(s) (Gem::MissingSpecError) React native IOS on pod install

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