How to check version of a CocoaPods framework

Question

The Podfile.lock keeps track of the resolved versions of each Pod installed. If you want to double check that FlurrySDK is using 4.2.3, check that file.

Note: You should not edit this file. It is auto-generated when you run pod install or pod update

To check version of cocoapods from terminal:

For Sudoless:

gem which cocoapods

For Sudo:

sudo gem which cocoapods

Also note: If you want to edit podfile or podfile.lock don't edit it in editors. Open only with XCode.

pod outdated

When you run pod outdated, CocoaPods will list all pods that have newer versions that the ones listed in the Podfile.lock (the versions currently installed for each pod) and that could be updated (as long as it matches the restrictions like pod 'MyPod', '~>x.y' set in your Podfile)

pod --version

to get the version of installed pod

CocoaPods version

[iOS Dependency manager]

CocoaPods program version

CocoaPods program that is built with Ruby and it will be installable with the default Ruby available on macOS.

pod --version //1.8.0.beta.2
//or
gem which cocoapods //Library/Ruby/Gems/2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.8.0.beta.2/lib/cocoapods.rb

//install or update
sudo gem install cocoapods

A pod version

Version of pods that is specified in Podfile

Podfile.lock

It is located in the same folder as Podfile. Here you can find a version of a pod which is used

Search for pods

If you are interested in all available version of specific pod you can use

pod search <pod_name>
//or
pod trunk info <pod_name>

Set a pod version in Podfile

//specific version
pod '<framework_name>', "<semantic_versioning>"
// for example
pod 'MyFramework', "1.0"

You can figure out version of Cocoapods by using below command :

pod —-version

o/p : 1.2.1

Now if you want detailed version of Gems and Cocoapods then use below command :

gem which cocoapods (without sudo)

o/p : /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-1.2.1/lib/cocoapods.rb

sudo gem which cocoapods (with sudo)

o/p : /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-1.2.1/lib/cocoapods.rb

Now if you want to get specific version of Pod present in Podfile then simply use command pod install in terminal. This will show list of pod being used in project along with version.