Xcode - ld: library not found for -lPods

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mrks picture mrks · May 8, 2014 · Viewed 277.1k times · Source

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.

Answer

H6. picture H6. · Jan 23, 2015

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

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