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smithmsdb
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago

Cocopods API v2 installation "Unable to find a specification for `ObjectiveDropboxOfficial`"

Hello,

I am attempting to install API v2 into a sample Mac OS project using cocoa pods and get "Unable to find a specification for `ObjectiveDropboxOfficial`". I don't have a lot of experience using dependency managers.

 

What am I doing wrong? Please see output below.

 

Podfile content:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Uncomment this line to define a global platform for your project
# platform :ios, '9.0'
target 'DBMacApp' do
# Uncomment this line if you're using Swift or would like to use dynamic frameworks
# use_frameworks!
# Pods for DBMacApp
pod 'ObjectiveDropboxOfficial'
end

 

pod install output:
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mark-smiths-imac:DBMacApp smithms$ pod install --verbose
Preparing
Analyzing dependencies
Inspecting targets to integrate
Using `ARCHS` setting to build architectures of target `Pods-DBMacApp`: (``)
Resolving dependencies of `Podfile`
[!] Unable to find a specification for `ObjectiveDropboxOfficial`
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:442:in `handle_resolver_error'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:65:in `rescue in resolve'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/resolver.rb:57:in `resolve'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:563:in `block in resolve_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:63:in `section'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:561:in `resolve_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:76:in `analyze'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:227:in `analyze'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:151:in `block in resolve_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:63:in `section'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:150:in `resolve_dependencies'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:114:in `install!'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/command/install.rb:37:in `run'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/claide-1.0.0/lib/claide/command.rb:334:in `run'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/lib/cocoapods/command.rb:50:in `run'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/cocoapods-1.0.1/bin/pod:55:in `<top (required)>'
/usr/local/bin/pod:23:in `load'
/usr/local/bin/pod:23:in `<main>'
mark-smiths-imac:DBMacApp smithms$ 

 

  • That is the right pod name, but have you run `pod setup` yet? Try that if you haven't. If you have, try `pod repo update`.

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    That is the right pod name, but have you run `pod setup` yet? Try that if you haven't. If you have, try `pod repo update`.

    • smithmsdb's avatar
      smithmsdb
      Explorer | Level 3

      Yes, after some additional research, I found the suggestion to run ‘pod repo update’.
      I then ran ‘pod install’ again and it seemed to work fine.

      Thanks so much for your quick response.

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