Xcode - ld library not found for -lPods

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I get these errors when I try to build an iOS application   ld  library not found for -lPods clang  error  linker command failed with exit code 1  use -v to see invocation   Ld  Users Markus Library Developer Xcode DerivedData Totalbox-clpeqwpfvwuhpleeejnzlavncnvj Build Products Debug-iphonesimulator Totalbox app Totalbox normal x86 64 cd  Users Markus Development xcode totalbox-ios export IPHONEOS DEPLOYMENT TARGET 7 1 export PATH   Applications Xcode app Contents Developer Platforms iPhoneSimulator platform Developer usr bin  Applications Xcode app Contents Developer usr bin  usr bin  bin  usr sbin  sbin   Applications Xcode app Contents Developer Toolchains XcodeDefault xctoolchain usr bin clang -arch x86 64 -isysroot   Applications Xcode app Contents Developer Platforms iPhoneSimulator platform Developer SDKs iPhoneSimulator7 1 sdk -L Users Markus Library Developer Xcode DerivedData Totalbox-clpeqwpfvwuhpleeejnzlavncnvj Build Products Debug-iphonesimulator -F Users Markus Library Developer Xcode DerivedData Totalbox-clpeqwpfvwuhpleeejnzlavncnvj Build Products Debug-iphonesimulator -filelist  Users Markus Library Developer Xcode DerivedData Totalbox-clpeqwpfvwuhpleeejnzlavncnvj Build Intermediates Totalbox build Debug-iphonesimulator Totalbox build Objects-normal x86 64 Totalbox LinkFileList -Xlinker -objc abi version -Xlinker 2 -ObjC -framework CoreGraphics -framework Foundation -framework MobileCoreServices -framework QuartzCore -framework Security -framework SystemConfiguration -fobjc-arc -fobjc-link-runtime -Xlinker -no implicit dylibs -mios-simulator-version-min 7 1 -framework CoreGraphics -framework UIKit -framework Foundation -lPods -Xlinker -dependency info -Xlinker  Users Markus Library Developer Xcode DerivedData Totalbox-clpeqwpfvwuhpleeejnzlavncnvj Build Intermediates Totalbox build Debug-iphonesimulator Totalbox build Objects-normal x86 64 Totalbox dependency info dat -o  Users Markus Library Developer Xcode DerivedData Totalbox-clpeqwpfvwuhpleeejnzlavncnvj Build Products Debug-iphonesimulator Totalbox app Totalbox   PODS ROOT in the build settings     SRCROOT  Pods   I didn t create this Xcode project - just pulled it from git to check it out

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This was my issue while trying to integrate Firebase to my Xcode project using cocoapods

library not found for -lGoogleToolboxForMac
linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

After hours of searching and trying out various fixes listed in the stackoverflow, my issue was finally fixed doing following steps

Go to Build Settings, search for Other Linker Flags, remove all values expect $(inherited)

Do this for all targets.

Delete the pods folder. (ios/Pods)
Do pod update

Voila! All linker errors will be gone.

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None of the above answers fixed it for me    What I had done instead was run pod install with a pod command outside of the target section  So for example    WRONG pod  SOMEPOD   target  My Target  do     pod  OTHERPODS  end   I quickly fixed it and returned the errant pod back into the target section where it belonged and ran pod install again     CORRECT target  My Target  do     pod  SOMEPOD      pod  OTHERPODS  end   But what happened in the meantime was that the lib -libPods a got added to my linked libraries  which doesn t exist anymore and shouldn t since there is already the -libPods-My Target a in there    So the solution was to go into my Target s General settings and go to Linked Frameworks and Libraries and just delete -libPods a from the list

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If you have multiple targets in your project  Cocoapods may have only integrated itself well with just one of them   I had to manually link to libPods a in  Link Binary With Libraries  for each additional target I had

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I had the same problem  pod install and pod update on command line resolve my problem

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My way   create new project and install pod it will can run without error  Copy text in  Other Linker Flags  in new project to old project  Make old project to same new project  Check  Header Search Paths  too

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For me  following had worked    Go to  Project Target -  Build Settings -  Preprocessing -  Preprocessor Macros   Set  COCOAPODS 1  in all Debug  Integration  Release under  Preprocessor Macros  Add the following in  Other Linker Flags  under  Project Target     inherited -ObjC -lc   -all load    Clean and run the project  If still error receives the same then try by setting  Project Target -  Build Settings -  Build Active Architectures Only   Set  Debug  to  YES  and set  Integration and Release  to  No   Then Repeat the same setting of  Build Active Architectures Only  for all  Pods Targets   Clean and run the project  If you receive the following error   No architectures to compile for  ONLY ACTIVE ARCH YES  active arch x86 64  VALID ARCHS i386     Then try Mr  Mike answer in this link  Xcode 5 1 - No architectures to compile for  ONLY ACTIVE ARCH YES  active arch x86 64  VALID ARCHS i386   Hope it helps

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If the project uses CocoaPods be aware to always open the  xcworkspace file instead of the  xcodeproj file

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After hours of research this solution worked for me   disclaimer  results may vary due to circumstances  the Library not found -lPods- someCocoapod  error was due to multiple entries in the   Settings Target   gt  Build Settings  gt  Linking  gt   Other Linker Flags   A lot of other posts had me look there and I would see changes to the error when I messed around with the entries  but I kept getting some variation on the same error  Too many hours lost     My Fix  remove the -lPods- someCocoaPod  lines in the  Other Linker Flags  list BUT only if   inherited  is at the top  At first I was unsure  but the reassuring sign was that I still saw references to my cocoapods when I left the edit mode inherited   I tested in debug and release  both of which were giving me errors  and the problem was immediately resolved

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My problem had fixed by the following config   Build Active Architecture Only  YES

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If the project uses CocoaPods be aware to always open the  xcworkspace file instead of the  xcodeproj file   if you are using  xcworkspace   Please reinstall the pod file by removing the pods and again insert the pods and install it     this worked for me

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It seems project has been using cocoapods  and that files are missing from your project   You cant just download it from git  You need to install it from cocoapods   for more help  you may follow Introduction to CocoaPods Tutorial  If the project uses CocoaPods be aware to always open the  xcworkspace file instead of the  xcodeproj file

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Had this problem as well  Something was wrong with my CocoaPods installation  No pods other than KIF were installing properly  I followed the comments on this thread to be of help   Basically  I needed to ensure that Build Active Architectures Only settings for both my project and the Pods project were equal

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i have same issue with react-native library called linear-gradient  but i think the problem caused by adding blank space between -L -L    here the screen of error  im trying all solution in this page  thank you for help

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If anyone came here to resolve an error with react-native-fbsdk after installing it using Cocoapods  keep in mind that you have to remove all the other  a files in your Projects build phases and only keep the  a from cocoapods called libPods-WhateverAppName a      This is usually caused from running rnpm link and the way rnpm works   After I removed the facebook core  a file from my build phases my project was up and running once again

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I got the same error    The issue  I created a separate Workspace and added my existing project into it  I got the error when I worked on that Workspace   The fix  Later I found that Workspace gets created automatically inside the existing project when dependencies are added  And have to work on that workspace

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This problem-related to lPods can be fixed by following the steps below   Select your Project Target  Go to  Build Phases  in  Link Binary With Libraries   Now remove   a  file of that library which is creating the problem   Clean and Build    This will work

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My steps     Delete the pods folder and the  Pods  file   Type  pod install  into Terminal   Type  pod update  into Terminal     In addition to making sure  Build Active Architectures  was set to YES as mentioned in previous answers  this was what had done it for me

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In a project with multiple targets I had the same issue after changing the Scheme and App name and tried to update pods  The issue was caused because of multiple entries in Build Phases -  Link Binary with Libraries where both the previous  a library and the current one was listed  while the previous one was not existing anymore  Removing the library from there cleared the problem

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The below solution worked for me for the core-plot 2 3 version  Do the below changes under other linker flags section   1 Add   inherited  and drag this item to top position 2 Remove  Pods-  prefix from -l Pods-fmemopen     l Pods-NSAttributedStringMarkdownParser    and -l Pods-MagicalRecord      if still issue persists  Finally see if PODS ROOT is set or not  You can check it under user defined section

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For me this is worked  I have changed my app name from someApp to otherApp  And I am using cocoa pods for multiple third party services integration  So Because of that 2 libPod files added As I have changed name and target of app   Finally I had to remove one libPod  And it worked   target-  Build phases-  Link Binary With Libraries

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When you clone project from somewhere which uses Cocoapods you need to install them to your project   Here step-by-step what you need to do    1  clone source code to local machine  2  close the xcode project  if open   3  install cocoapods application on your mac by running this command in terminal   gem install cocoapods   add  sudo   in the beginning if did not work  4  go to the root of your xcode project by using  cd  command in terminal  5  you should have Podfile in this folder  if you want to double check it use   cat Podfile  command  it will display the content of this file with Libraries that will have to be installed to your project  6  then use  pod install  command to download and install the Libraries to your project  the Podfile lock will be created and  Your project name  xcworkspace file  7  from now on you have to use  Your project name  xcworkspace to open it in xcode    Good luck

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Had a same issue after upgrading Deployment target from 7 0 to 8 0 and enabling use frameworks   cocoapods did not delete previously generated PodName a files from the Frameworks section of my project   So I had to delete those manually  because they caused the linker error

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Delete all the corresponding files folders of imported cocoapods source except podfile   install cocoapod again This should clear any redundant pull from the original source

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