pod install failed on macOS Big sur

Question

I am pretty new to macOS and recently shift to macOS from windows, I started to working on react-native app and when I try react-native run-ios it gives me below error

error Could not find "Podfile.lock" at /Users/saniranimantha/Documents/Learning/albums/ios/Podfile.lock. Did you run "pod install" in iOS directory? info Found Xcode project "albums.xcodeproj" info Launching iPhone 11 (iOS 14.3) info Building (using "xcodebuild -project albums.xcodeproj -configuration Debug -scheme albums -destination id=FE71292F-36FA-4226-A8E5-B4EF4E8B625D") (node:726) Warning: Accessing non-existent property 'padLevels' of module exports inside circular dependency (Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created) error Failed to build iOS project. We ran "xcodebuild" command but it exited with error code 65. To debug build logs further, consider building your app with Xcode.app, by opening albums.xcodeproj. Run CLI with --verbose flag for more details. 

when I search for the reason to this error, I found out that I need to run pod install command, when I try that, it gives me another error. I tried several suggestions from stack-overflow & git, but still no luck. I did install cocoapod. I searched for a similar issue, but couldn't find anything. That's why I decided to post it here for an answer. if anyone can help me here, that would be really great.

my OS is macOS Big Sur (v11.1)

this is my podfile

require_relative '../node_modules/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods' require_relative '../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios/native_modules'  platform :ios, '10.0'  target 'albums' do   config = use_native_modules!    use_react_native!(:path => config["reactNativePath"])    target 'albumsTests' do     inherit! :complete     # Pods for testing   end    # Enables Flipper.   #   # Note that if you have use_frameworks! enabled, Flipper will not work and   # you should disable these next few lines.   use_flipper!   post_install do |installer|     flipper_post_install(installer)   end end  target 'albums-tvOS' do   # Pods for albums-tvOS    target 'albums-tvOSTests' do     inherit! :search_paths     # Pods for testing   end end 

this is the error I get on pod install

Analyzing dependencies Fetching podspec for `DoubleConversion` from `../node_modules/react-native/third-party-podspecs/DoubleConversion.podspec` Fetching podspec for `Folly` from `../node_modules/react-native/third-party-podspecs/Folly.podspec` Fetching podspec for `glog` from `../node_modules/react-native/third-party-podspecs/glog.podspec`  ――― MARKDOWN TEMPLATE ―――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――  ### Command  ``` /usr/local/bin/pod install ```  ### Report  * What did you do?  * What did you expect to happen?  * What happened instead?   ### Stack  ```    CocoaPods : 1.10.0         Ruby : ruby 2.6.3p62 (2019-04-16 revision 67580) [universal.arm64e-darwin20]     RubyGems : 3.0.3         Host : macOS 11.1 (20C69)        Xcode : 12.3 (12C33)          Git : git version 2.24.3 (Apple Git-128) Ruby lib dir : /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib Repositories :  ```  ### Plugins  ``` cocoapods-deintegrate : 1.0.4 cocoapods-plugins     : 1.0.0 cocoapods-search      : 1.0.0 cocoapods-trunk       : 1.5.0 cocoapods-try         : 1.2.0 ```  ### Podfile  ```ruby require_relative '../node_modules/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods' require_relative '../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios/native_modules'  platform :ios, '10.0'  target 'albums' do   config = use_native_modules!    use_react_native!(:path => config["reactNativePath"])    target 'albumsTests' do     inherit! :complete     # Pods for testing   end    # Enables Flipper.   #   # Note that if you have use_frameworks! enabled, Flipper will not work and   # you should disable these next few lines.   use_flipper!   post_install do |installer|     flipper_post_install(installer)   end end  target 'albums-tvOS' do   # Pods for albums-tvOS    target 'albums-tvOSTests' do     inherit! :search_paths     # Pods for testing   end end ```  ### Error  ``` LoadError - dlopen(/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.14.2/lib/ffi_c.bundle, 0x0009): missing compatible arch in /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.14.2/lib/ffi_c.bundle - /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.14.2/lib/ffi_c.bundle /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.14.2/lib/ffi.rb:6:in `rescue in <top (required)>' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.14.2/lib/ffi.rb:3:in `<top (required)>' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ethon-0.12.0/lib/ethon.rb:2:in `<top (required)>' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/typhoeus-1.4.0/lib/typhoeus.rb:2:in `<top (required)>' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:74:in `cdn_url?' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:36:in `create_source_with_url' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:21:in `find_or_create_source_with_url' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:178:in `block in sources' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:177:in `map' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:177:in `sources' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:1073:in `block in resolve_dependencies' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:64:in `section' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:1072:in `resolve_dependencies' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:124:in `analyze' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:414:in `analyze' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:239:in `block in resolve_dependencies' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:64:in `section' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:238:in `resolve_dependencies' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:160:in `install!' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/command/install.rb:52:in `run' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/claide-1.0.3/lib/claide/command.rb:334:in `run' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/command.rb:52:in `run' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/bin/pod:55:in `<top (required)>' /usr/local/bin/pod:23:in `load' /usr/local/bin/pod:23:in `<main>' ```  ――― TEMPLATE END ―――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― 

EDIT for a one react-native project(newly created one) @Leri Gogsadze's answer was working. I cloned a repo which is already developed react-native app, and had the same issue, in that project, I tried the solution suggested by @Leri but did't work react-native run-ios build failed, then I tried pod update command and it now gives me the below error.

Adding a custom script phase for Pod RNFBApp: [RNFB] Core Configuration Auto-linking React Native modules for target `GregMobileSecondPhase`: BVLinearGradient, RNCAsyncStorage, RNCMaskedView, RNCPicker, RNDateTimePicker, RNDeviceInfo, RNFBApp, RNFBMessaging, RNFS, RNGestureHandler, RNImageCropPicker, RNKeychain, RNReanimated, RNSVG, RNScreens, RNVectorIcons, ReactNativeART, react-native-add-calendar-event, react-native-document-picker, react-native-fbsdk, react-native-geolocation-service, react-native-maps, react-native-safe-area-context, react-native-slider, react-native-viewpager, react-native-webview, and rn-range-slider Update all pods Updating local specs repositories  ――― MARKDOWN TEMPLATE ―――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――  ### Command  ``` /usr/local/bin/pod update ```  ### Report  * What did you do?  * What did you expect to happen?  * What happened instead?   ### Stack  ```    CocoaPods : 1.10.0         Ruby : ruby 2.6.3p62 (2019-04-16 revision 67580) [universal.arm64e-darwin20]     RubyGems : 3.0.3         Host : macOS 11.1 (20C69)        Xcode : 12.3 (12C33)          Git : git version 2.24.3 (Apple Git-128) Ruby lib dir : /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib Repositories : trunk - CDN - https://cdn.cocoapods.org/ ```  ### Plugins  ``` cocoapods-deintegrate : 1.0.4 cocoapods-plugins     : 1.0.0 cocoapods-search      : 1.0.0 cocoapods-trunk       : 1.5.0 cocoapods-try         : 1.2.0 ```  ### Podfile  ```ruby require_relative '../node_modules/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods' require_relative '../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios/native_modules'  platform :ios, '10.0'  target 'GregMobileSecondPhase' do   config = use_native_modules!    use_react_native!(:path => config["reactNativePath"])    pod 'Firebase/Analytics'   pod 'FBSDKCoreKit'   pod 'FBSDKLoginKit'   pod 'FBSDKShareKit'     target 'GregMobileSecondPhaseTests' do     inherit! :complete     # Pods for testing   end    # Enables Flipper.   #   # Note that if you have use_frameworks! enabled, Flipper will not work and   # you should disable these next few lines.   use_flipper!   post_install do |installer|     flipper_post_install(installer)   end end  target 'GregMobileSecondPhase-tvOS' do   # Pods for GregMobileSecondPhase-tvOS    target 'GregMobileSecondPhase-tvOSTests' do     inherit! :search_paths     # Pods for testing   end end ```  ### Error  ``` LoadError - dlopen(/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.14.2/lib/ffi_c.bundle, 0x0009): missing compatible arch in /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.14.2/lib/ffi_c.bundle - /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.14.2/lib/ffi_c.bundle /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.14.2/lib/ffi.rb:6:in `rescue in <top (required)>' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ffi-1.14.2/lib/ffi.rb:3:in `<top (required)>' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/ethon-0.12.0/lib/ethon.rb:2:in `<top (required)>' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/typhoeus-1.4.0/lib/typhoeus.rb:2:in `<top (required)>' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods-core/cdn_source.rb:440:in `download_typhoeus_impl_async' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods-core/cdn_source.rb:372:in `download_and_save_with_retries_async' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods-core/cdn_source.rb:365:in `download_file_async' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods-core/cdn_source.rb:338:in `download_file' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods-core/cdn_source.rb:78:in `deprecated_local_podspecs' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods-core/cdn_source.rb:60:in `preheat_existing_files' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-core-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods-core/cdn_source.rb:257:in `update' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:135:in `block (3 levels) in update' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:64:in `section' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:134:in `block (2 levels) in update' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:133:in `each' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:133:in `block in update' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:131:in `open' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/sources_manager.rb:131:in `update' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:145:in `block in update_repositories' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:143:in `each' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:143:in `update_repositories' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:235:in `block in resolve_dependencies' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:64:in `section' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:234:in `resolve_dependencies' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:160:in `install!' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/command/update.rb:63:in `run' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/claide-1.0.3/lib/claide/command.rb:334:in `run' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/lib/cocoapods/command.rb:52:in `run' /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/cocoapods-1.10.0/bin/pod:55:in `<top (required)>' /usr/local/bin/pod:23:in `load' /usr/local/bin/pod:23:in `<main>' ```  ――― TEMPLATE END ――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――  [!] Oh no, an error occurred.  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Answer 1

Seems it's related to Ruby ffi. Run the following commands:

• sudo arch -x86_64 gem install ffi
• arch -x86_64 pod install

Answer 2

sudo arch -x86_64 gem install ffi 

Then

arch -x86_64 pod install 

This works for Apple M1 Chip. Confirmed.