"pod install" returns "[!] Unable to find a target"

Question

I just started this tutorial on creating a weather app for ios. Everything was going fine until I typed pod install in the terminal to..well install the pods. The result was:

Analyzing dependencies
[!] Unable to find a target

My "podfile" document and "Pods" folder are in the same folder as my "RHSWeather.xcodeproj".

I'm using Xcode 6.1. My "podfile" document reads as follows:

platform :ios, '7.0'

xcodeproj 'RHSWeather'

pod 'Mantle', '~>1.3.1'
pod 'LBBlurredImage', '~>0.1.0'
pod 'TSMessages', '~>0.9.4'
pod 'ReactiveCocoa', '~>2.1.7'
pod 'HexColors', '~>2.2.1'

I've also changed the "podfile" document to:

source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
platform :ios, '8.0'

xcodeproj 'RHSWeather'

pod 'Mantle', '~>1.3.1'
pod 'LBBlurredImage', '~>0.1.0'
pod 'TSMessages', '~>0.9.4'
pod 'ReactiveCocoa', '~>2.1.7'
pod 'HexColors', '~>2.2.1'

no luck..yet. I'm almost sure I've done the previous steps correctly.

Answer 1

For me, i changed the name in Project target, pay attention, let it be the same name

Target name in project same in target Name CocoaPods

Answer 2

You may have forgotten to run the pod setup command.

Answer 3

In my case, that error referred to a target that did exist, a utility target irrelevant to Cocoapods. I chose to remove this target from the Podfile that I had generated via pod init.

My utility target was, MOGenerator, for those curious.

Answer 4

I was able to resolve the 'Unable to find a target' error during my first try at using a pod by simply opening the .xcodeproj file and adding a target.

Sometimes the error message is useful! :-)

Answer 5

I found this closed CocoaPods issue:

https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/issues/1891

The solution there is to reboot your Mac. That fixed it for me.