Cocoapods ld: library not found for -lPods-Projectname

53
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I've installed cocoa pods library and some frameworks through it. Now when I compile project the build fails.

Error: ld: library not found for -lPods-Project clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

Here part of text:

Ld /Users/polzovatel/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Project-bybevfqrgvqqldbzsgewqafpmylj/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/Project app/Project normal i386
    cd /Users/polzovatel/Projects/iOS-master/Project_iPhone
    export IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=6.0
    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"

What I need to do to fix this problem?

16
iosobjective-ccocoapods
Have you run pod install and opened the xyz.xcworkspace instead of xyz.xcproject? – Sebastian Wramba
I know how to work with cocoa pods. I used this pods in a few projects, but this problem I see at first time. This project I downloaded from my clients. I already tried to delete xcworkspace and run pod install. Also I tried to delete Pods folder. – Eugene Biryukov
Opening the xyz.xcworkspace file worked for me. Somehow the Pod projects were not appearing in the IDE and I realized that the xcproject file was opened instead of the updated workspace. – iphone007

16 Answers

97
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Fixed it by deleting the -lPods-Projectname.a in Link Binary (for newer versions, delete the -lPods-Projectname.a under the Frameworks group).

43
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Whenever I execute "pod install" it leads me to spend several hours of fixing something related with it. So, I deleted CocoaPods stuff and do not have problems any more! Now I am lucky and happy man.

23
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The exact location that you should remove your libs is at:

  • Remove -lyourlibname.a in "Link Binary With Libraries" on "Build Phases" of your target.
22
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You can try "Build Active Architecture Only" = YES . it may be solving problem.

19
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Ensure that Build Active Architectures Only settings for both of your project and the Pods project were equal for debug and release configuration! That's was a problem in my case.

14
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Make sure Build Active Architectures Only in your Project/Target and in your Pod/Target and Pod are the same. We often set the debug yes and set the release no.

13
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I realized the xcproject file was opened instead of the updated workspace. This fixed my error. Hope this information will help others too.

9
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If none of the other answers help you, try this:

  • Deintegrate cocoa pods using pod deintegrate. Check this link https://github.com/kylef/cocoapods-deintegrate.
  • Search on the build settings for target and project file for "pod". Anything that looks like it belonged to cocoa pods, remove.
  • Finally, run pod install once again.
6
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Go to Product > Scheme > Edit Scheme... > Build > + > Add the Pods-Projectname.a and drag it to the top > Clean & Build your project.

6
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I had a very different experience. I tried removed the library from build settings to no avail. And honestly, I couldn't see the logic behind it.

What I did was try a new pod install. And so it gave me this error

[!] The ProjectName [Debug] target overrides the LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS build setting defined in Pods/Target Support Files/Pods-/Pods-.debug.xcconfig. This can lead to problems with the CocoaPods installation - Use the $(inherited) flag, or - Remove the build settings from the target.

[!] The ProjectName [Release] target overrides the LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS build setting defined in Pods/Target Support Files/Pods-/Pods-.debug.xcconfig. This can lead to problems with the CocoaPods installation - Use the $(inherited) flag, or - Remove the build settings from the target.

So I did what it told me to, I added the $(inherited) flag to build settings. And all worked well

5
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In my case I found that a mis-match of deployment target of the Project (iOS 11.4) versus the Target (iOS 10.3). Updating the target to iOS 11.4 fixed the issue.

Project > Info > Deployment Target > iOS Deployment Target
Project > Target > General > Deployment Target > Target

Podfile: platform :ios, '11.4'

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4
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I had this problem when I accidentally opened project instead of workspace so Cocoapods where missing....

3
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Check your Project -> Targets -> Build Phases -> Link Binary With Libraries

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2
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Point to your Pods project, set the BaseSDK to iOS SDK since 'pod install' process clear it. Also set Build Valid Architecture Only to NO That should work.

1
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I experienced a similar error which affected one of my computers but not the other when compiling the same project.

I reinstalled cocoapods, all gems, rebuilt the project and none of it worked. I finally got it to compile but required me to completely remove Xcode and related data (iPhone simulator, DerivedData) then reinstall Xcode.

1
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I've had this error after adding a new build configuration.

pod install helped, because it adds separate settings for each build configuration.