Unable to download data from http://rubygems.org/ - timed out

Question

I'm using a Mac Mini with Big Sur (Version: 11.2.3 (20D91)) and when running this command: sudo gem install cocoapods
I'm getting the following error

ERROR:  Could not find a valid gem 'cocoapods' (>= 0), here is why:
          Unable to download data from http://rubygems.org/ - timed out (http://rubygems.org/specs.4.8.gz)

I don't know what to do, please help!!

Savvy · Accepted Answer · 2021-04-03T22:57:44.020

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Okay I finally managed to solve it by following this steps:

Disable IPv6, here's how: How to disable IPv6 in Mac OS X
Restart Mac
Run sudo gem install cocoapods --source http://rubygems.org in terminal without changing directories.

I hope I can help anyone facing the same issue, since I know it can be really frustrating and it takes time that could've been used by working in your projects.

edited Apr 03 '21 at 22:57

answered Apr 03 '21 at 22:51

Savvy

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Disabling IPv6 in Ubuntu did the trick for me as well. Thank you – user454322 Mar 17 '22 at 06:13
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Worked without restarting, and just running `sudo gem install cocoapods`. Thanks! – Lucas Said Mar 21 '22 at 14:28
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Wow. But why?!? – Alexander Presber Jul 05 '22 at 05:37
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Thanks! I fixed also my gem bundler problem with same configuration on my Mac 13 Venture – Hakan Saglam Nov 11 '22 at 22:15
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Disabling IPv6 helped for Mac Air M2 2022. – Pragyaditya Das May 15 '23 at 06:14
Disabling IPv6 in Mac M2 fixed the problem for me as well, thank you! PS: I recommend not using sudo with gem install. – Mohamed Elfiky Aug 25 '23 at 10:25

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 22 '23 at 19:46

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Try downloading using homebrew

arch -arm64 brew install cocoapods

this is for arm based mac

brew install cocoapods

this is for intel mac

answered Mar 22 '23 at 19:46

Cyril Kevin

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`brew install cocoapods` works also on ARM as at 2023. – philip_nunoo Aug 07 '23 at 09:04

Zahra Hosseini · Answer 3 · 2022-09-01T06:51:56.720

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Thanks to darth_dever's answer, instead of step 3 run
sudo arch -x86_64 gem install ffi in the terminal,
then run arch -x86_64 pod install in the ios folder
that worked for me!

edited Sep 01 '22 at 06:51

answered Sep 01 '22 at 06:45

Zahra Hosseini

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 24 '23 at 00:41

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If you're facing this problem on a Linux guest machine (e.g an Ubuntu installed on VirtualBox, VMWare). Please Go to Setting -> Network -> Attached to NAT to solve the problem.

answered Jan 24 '23 at 00:41

Luan Pham

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Unable to download data from http://rubygems.org/ - timed out

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