IOS - How to Fix the "ld: library not found for -lBolts" Error?

Question

I've got this annoying error for number of days now:

I've tried: Deleting pods folder & pod file & pod.lock file & .workspace file and reinstalling pods again. removing all library search paths in pods.xconfig file

this is my pod file :

# Uncomment the next line to define a global platform for your project
 platform :ios, '11.0'

target 'MyApp' do
  # Uncomment the next line if you're using Swift or would like to use dynamic frameworks
  # use_frameworks!

  # Pods for MyApp

pod 'Firebase'
pod 'Bolts'
pod 'Firebase/Firestore'
pod 'Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK'
pod 'Fabric'
pod 'Crashlytics'
pod 'PersonalizedAdConsent'
pod 'Highcharts', '~> 6.1.0'
pod 'FBSDKCoreKit'
pod 'GoogleToolboxForMac'
pod 'FirebaseAnalytics'

end

This is my problem, If you need any other indications or code about my issue, feel free to leave me a comment and I'll edit the question

The post https://stackoverflow.com/a/58322907/1084174 resolved it for me — Sazzad Hissain Khan, Oct 10 '19 at 13:00

Daniel · Answer 1 · 2018-08-19T20:30:11.997

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Try to run following commands in Terminal (in your project's folder):

pod deintegrate // removes all pod related configurations from your project
rm Podfile.lock //removes the saved reference to the pods
pod install // reinstalls the pods

Clean your project (In Xcode: ⌘+K and ⌘+Shift+K)

And finally make sure you compile the same target from which the error originates (You should be able to see the target it originates from within the issue navigator ⌘+5)

edited Aug 19 '18 at 20:30

answered Aug 19 '18 at 20:23

Daniel

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I did exactly what you suggested, the 3 commands + cleaning the project , I still get the same somehow , this is going to drive me crazy – samouray Aug 19 '18 at 20:46
how do I know if it is coming from the target MyApp? – samouray Aug 19 '18 at 21:46
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Look at the issue navigator(cmd+5) or the build messages (last tab) – Daniel Aug 19 '18 at 22:37
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try removing DerivedData - rm -rf ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData – Paul Beusterien Aug 19 '18 at 23:54
i removed derivedData and restarted xcode several times with no success – samouray Aug 20 '18 at 11:32
do you get an error and can still run on that target? or are you unable to compile right now? – Daniel Aug 20 '18 at 11:35
I am unable to compile , it is an Apple Mach-O Linker Error – samouray Aug 20 '18 at 16:49
If you are using swift, you should include the line `use_frameworks!` – Daniel Aug 20 '18 at 17:33
And if that doesn’t help, I would roll back to the last time it worked and see what changed – Daniel Aug 20 '18 at 17:35

IOS - How to Fix the "ld: library not found for -lBolts" Error?

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