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iOS

Posted by Jamie Baker
Jamie Baker
5,703 Points

Why is my terminal not directing me to the workspace containing the pods and my project like it does in the video?

I'm on the 3rd section (concerning APIs) of the photo browser project.

Right, I've followed everything as it is done in the video but to no avail.

I've opened my terminal, dragged my "photo bombers" file into my terminal after typing "cd " but it is not then doing what it does in the video.

In the video, the terminal directs you the newly created workspace containing the pods and the project we have been doing. In my terminal, after changing directory and typing pod, it is not doing so. Instead, it is creating a list of commands and options.

It also says after the link I dragged into the terminal (/Users/jamiebaker etc) "No such file or directory".

I am baffled and would be enormously grateful for any help.

4 Answers

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

try using pod install instead of pod. I just tried it and pod did not work for me either, I had to use pod install. Also be sure you named your file Podfile with an uppercase P

Jamie Baker
Jamie Baker
5,703 Points
Jamie Baker
Jamie Baker
5,703 Points

Thanks for getting back to me Stone.

I've made the changes you mentioned above and now it's telling me "No `Podfile' found in the current working directory" even though when I inspect it in my Finder I can see the Podfile!!

I really think for the first time Treehouse have properly screwed this one up. The bloke has just skipped over a huge and previously untouched upon part of the course. Even the video he did on CocoaPods didn't help.

Your help would again be much appreciated mate and if you could swap places with Mr. Soffles I'd appreciate it even more!!

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

ok. start by deleting the Pod file you currently have.

then cd into your project directory by typing cd in terminal and then navigating to your project in finder, and drag your project folder into the terminal window and hit enter. you should now be in your project directory.

create a new podfile by typing 

touch Podfile

now open that podfile and add the pod you want to add to it

pod 'SAMCache'

then save the Podfile

once it has saved, go back into terminal and run the pod install command

pod install
Jamie Baker
Jamie Baker
5,703 Points
Jamie Baker
Jamie Baker
5,703 Points

Mate you are literally a genius.

Thanks a lot.

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

no problem