run-ios fails if CocoaPods is installed but not in the Gemfile of the current project

[TMisiukiewicz]

Description

% yarn ios --simulator 'iPhone 15 Pro'
warn Multiple Podfiles were found: ios/Podfile,macos/Podfile. Choosing ios/Podfile automatically. If you would like to select a different one, you can configure it via "project.ios.sourceDir". You can learn more about it here: https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/blob/main/docs/configuration.md
✖ Installing CocoaPods dependencies (this may take a few minutes)
error bundler: failed to load command: pod (~/.gem/bin/pod)
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.2.2_1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/bundler/rubygems_integration.rb:308:in `block in replace_bin_path': can't find executable pod for gem cocoapods. cocoapods is not currently included in the bundle, perhaps you meant to add it to your Gemfile? (Gem::Exception)
	from /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.2.2_1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/bundler/rubygems_integration.rb:336:in `block in replace_bin_path'
	from ~/.gem/bin/pod:25:in `<top (required)>'
	from /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.2.2_1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/bundler/cli/exec.rb:58:in `load'
	from /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.2.2_1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/bundler/cli/exec.rb:58:in `kernel_load'
	from /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.2.2_1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/bundler/cli/exec.rb:23:in `run'
	from /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.2.2_1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/bundler/cli.rb:492:in `exec'
	from /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.2.2_1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/command.rb:27:in `run'
	from /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.2.2_1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/invocation.rb:127:in `invoke_command'
	from /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.2.2_1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor.rb:392:in `dispatch'
	from /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.2.2_1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/bundler/cli.rb:34:in `dispatch'
	from /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.2.2_1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/base.rb:485:in `start'
	from /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.2.2_1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/bundler/cli.rb:28:in `start'
	from /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.2.2_1/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.4.10/exe/bundle:45:in `block in <top (required)>'
	from /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.2.2_1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/bundler/friendly_errors.rb:117:in `with_friendly_errors'
	from /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.2.2_1/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.4.10/exe/bundle:33:in `<top (required)>'
	from ~/.gem/bin/bundle:25:in `load'
	from ~/.gem/bin/bundle:25:in `<main>'
✖ Installing CocoaPods dependencies (this may take a few minutes)
error Something when wrong while installing CocoaPods. Please run pod install manually.

Reproducible Demo

Using react-native-test-app

npm run set-react-version 0.73 -- --core-only
yarn
cd example
rm ios/Podfile.lock
pod install --project-directory=ios
yarn ios

[dimisus]

upgraded to 0.73

✖ Installing CocoaPods dependencies (this may take a few minutes)
error Something when wrong while installing CocoaPods. Please run pod install manually.

Without further details.

I have removed installPodsAutomaticalles: true from react-native.config.js and it started working, but cannot confirm this is the solution as it was amongst other changes.

[arnekolja]

Second that.

For me it was

% npx react-native run-ios
✖ Installing CocoaPods dependencies  (this may take a few minutes)
error /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.2.2_1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/bundler/definition.rb:524:in `materialize': Could not find cocoapods-1.14.3, activesupport-7.0.8, addressable-2.8.5, claide-1.1.0, cocoapods-core-1.14.3, cocoapods-deintegrate-1.0.5, cocoapods-downloader-2.1, cocoapods-plugins-1.0.0, cocoapods-search-1.0.1, cocoapods-trunk-1.6.0, cocoapods-try-1.2.0, colored2-3.1.2, escape-0.0.4, fourflusher-2.3.1, gh_inspector-1.1.3, molinillo-0.8.0, nap-1.1.0, ruby-macho-2.5.1, xcodeproj-1.23.0, concurrent-ruby-1.2.2, i18n-1.14.1, minitest-5.20.0, tzinfo-2.0.6, public_suffix-4.0.7, algoliasearch-1.27.5, fuzzy_match-2.0.4, netrc-0.11.0, typhoeus-1.4.1, CFPropertyList-3.0.6, atomos-0.1.3, nanaimo-0.3.0, rexml-3.2.6, httpclient-2.8.3, ethon-0.16.0, ffi-1.16.3 in locally installed gems (Bundler::GemNotFound)
        from /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.2.2_1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/bundler/definition.rb:197:in `specs'
        from /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.2.2_1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/bundler/definition.rb:254:in `specs_for'
        from /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.2.2_1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/bundler/runtime.rb:18:in `setup'
        from /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.2.2_1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/bundler.rb:171:in `setup'
        from /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.2.2_1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/bundler/setup.rb:23:in `block in <top (required)>'
        from /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.2.2_1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/bundler/ui/shell.rb:159:in `with_level'
        from /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.2.2_1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/bundler/ui/shell.rb:111:in `silence'
        from /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.2.2_1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/bundler/setup.rb:23:in `<top (required)>'
        from <internal:/opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.2.2_1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:85:in `require'
        from <internal:/opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.2.2_1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:85:in `require'
        from /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.2.2_1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/rubygems.rb:1370:in `<top (required)>'
        from <internal:gem_prelude>:2:in `require'
        from <internal:gem_prelude>:2:in `<internal:gem_prelude>'
✖ Installing CocoaPods dependencies  (this may take a few minutes)
error Something when wrong while installing CocoaPods. Please run pod install manually.
info Run CLI with --verbose flag for more details.

Disabling automatic Pods installation works as a workaround for me, too. Notable: I'm wondering that the property name is different here:

module.exports = {
  project: {
    ios: {
      automaticPodsInstallation: false
    }
  }
}

[youknownix]

upgraded to 0.73

✖ Installing CocoaPods dependencies (this may take a few minutes)
error Something when wrong while installing CocoaPods. Please run pod install manually.

Without further details.

I have removed installPodsAutomaticalles: true from react-native.config.js and it started working, but cannot confirm this is the solution as it was amongst other changes.

This Worked for me. Thanks @dimisus

[KolesnikovP]

I have removed installPodsAutomaticalles: true from react-native.config.js

This is not a solution. You still have dependencies conflict but after u turned off installation pods auto u just don't update your pods. Eventually you'll come back to this problem. It's fine for a while. According your logs there is problem related to ruby version. As option we can set ruby env localy in our projects with rbenv

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[Johennes]

What worked for me was to cd example and bundle to actually install the dependencies from Gemfile. Afterwards yarn ios successfully installs the pods, builds and launches the app.