library not found for -lPods-test clang when compiling unit tests

Question

I am trying to run my unit tests and I get the below error:

    ld: library not found for -lPods-test clang: error: 
linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)  

Ld /Users/AUSER/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/MYIOSPROJProject-cmxbzcbzjfbvgncspsalqnjvlova/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/MYIOSPROJProjectTests.xctest/MYIOSPROJProjectTests normal i386
    cd /Users/AUSER/Documents/Dev/MYIOSPROJProject/MYIOSPROJProject
    setenv IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET 7.0
    setenv PATH "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/usr/bin:/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
    /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang -arch i386 -bundle -isysroot /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator7.0.sdk -L/Users/AUSER/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/MYIOSPROJProject-cmxbzcbzjfbvgncspsalqnjvlova/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator -F/Users/AUSER/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/MYIOSPROJProject-cmxbzcbzjfbvgncspsalqnjvlova/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator -F/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator7.0.sdk/Developer/Library/Frameworks -F/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Library/Frameworks -F/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Library/Frameworks -filelist /Users/AUSER/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/MYIOSPROJProject-cmxbzcbzjfbvgncspsalqnjvlova/Build/Intermediates/MYIOSPROJProject.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/MYIOSPROJProjectTests.build/Objects-normal/i386/MYIOSPROJProjectTests.LinkFileList -bundle_loader /Users/AUSER/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/MYIOSPROJProject-cmxbzcbzjfbvgncspsalqnjvlova/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/MYIOSPROJProject.app/MYIOSPROJProject -Xlinker -objc_abi_version -Xlinker 2 -ObjC -framework CFNetwork -framework CoreData -framework CoreGraphics -framework Foundation -framework MobileCoreServices -framework Security -framework SystemConfiguration -fobjc-arc -fobjc-link-runtime -Xlinker -no_implicit_dylibs -mios-simulator-version-min=7.0 -framework XCTest -framework UIKit -framework Foundation -lPods-test -lPods-MYIOSPROJProjectTests -Xlinker -dependency_info -Xlinker /Users/AUSER/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/MYIOSPROJProject-cmxbzcbzjfbvgncspsalqnjvlova/Build/Intermediates/MYIOSPROJProject.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/MYIOSPROJProjectTests.build/Objects-normal/i386/MYIOSPROJProjectTests_dependency_info.dat -o /Users/AUSER/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/MYIOSPROJProject-cmxbzcbzjfbvgncspsalqnjvlova/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/MYIOSPROJProjectTests.xctest/MYIOSPROJProjectTests

As someone who is new to IOS I legitimately have no idea where to even start. Any guidance would be appreciated (please be detailed as I am new).

Pod File:

platform :ios, 6.0
pod 'RestKit', '~> 0.20.0rc'

# Include optional Testing and Search components
pod 'RestKit/Testing', '~> 0.20.0rc'
pod 'RestKit/Search', '~> 0.20.0rc'


target :IOSProjectTests do
  pod 'Expecta',     '~> 0.2.3'   # expecta matchers
  # pod 'Specta',      '~> 0.1.11'  # specta bdd framework
end

Is your podspec specifying that certain pods should be exclusive to your test target? — Jon Reid, Jan 18 '14 at 05:33
While I see issues in the Podfile, I was able to use it as-is in a new project. — Jon Reid, Jan 18 '14 at 17:56

score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 30 '15 at 17:21

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Deleted the -lPods-test file that was in the project and this fixed the issue.

This can be found in the Frameworks directory in the folder nav area

edited Oct 30 '15 at 17:21

iwasrobbed

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answered Jan 26 '14 at 02:24

Aziz

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Just to clarify: I deleted an extraneous pod library found under Pods > Products in the xcode workspace navigator. – hfossli Nov 24 '14 at 14:08

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 07 '15 at 15:29

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I've had this issue multiple times the past few days and have been able to fix it each time by doing a CMD-SHIFT-OPTION-K clean and in terminal rerunning pod install in my project directory.

answered Apr 07 '15 at 15:29

Joey

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 27 '16 at 16:55

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Restarting Xcode resolved this issue for me. (Worth a shot before doing anything more involved.)

answered Apr 27 '16 at 16:55

Ben Thielker

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library not found for -lPods-test clang when compiling unit tests

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