Error: ld: library not found for -lPods with CocoaPods

Question

after i installed DTCoreText (https://github.com/Cocoanetics/DTCoreText) with Cocoapods i always get an error when i try to run the simulator or device!

ld: warning: directory not found for option '-L/Users/example/Desktop/ios/Pods/build/Release-iphoneos'
ld: warning: directory not found for option '-L/Users/example/Desktop/ios/Pods/build/Debug-iphoneos'
ld: library not found for -lPods-example
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation) 

in my "Link Binary With Libraries" the "libPods" Part is red:

Here are my build Settings:

The Settings of my Project:

The Settings of my Pods:

EDIT:

I´m not exactly sure what was the Problem, but I solved it when i deleted all the DTCoreText and Cocoapods stuff and reeinstalled everything again!

Solution 1

Suggest trying the following, that worked for me:

a) Search from 'Library' from the Target Settings view and double-click to inspect the value of Library Search Paths

b) There are two values listed $(inherited) and $(PROJECT_DIR)/Pods/build/Debug-iphoneos. Delete the latter.

c) Do a full clean, build & run

d) Run pod install again. Notice that the entry is not restored.

Solution 2

Also this may help:

1. In your main project (not Pods) select the main target
2. Go to the Build Phases tab
3. Go to Link Binary with Libraries
4. Remove the library that is causing the problem (it would probably be in red color)

Solution 3

Make sure you are opening the .xcworkspace file, not the .xcodeproj

Solution 4

In my linked binaries I had both libPods.a and libPods-MyProj.a. I had previously updated my Podfile to have TWO separate targets (to get it compile tests in Swift with bridging), which meant I had to manually delete the old libPods.a dependency.

Solution 5

I've found that $(inherited) was missing from my Other Linker Flags build setting. Applying this option fixed a missing library issue I was seeing.

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