How to fix “CocoaPods’s specs repository is too out-of-date to satisfy dependencies”?

If you’re encountering the error message “CocoaPods’s specs repository is too out-of-date to satisfy dependencies” while trying to install a dependency with CocoaPods, it means that your local copy of the CocoaPods specs repository is outdated and needs to be updated.

CocoaPods’s specs repository is too out-of-date to satisfy dependencies.

To fix this issue, you can try the following steps:

1. Update CocoaPods: Open a terminal window and run the command sudo gem install cocoapods. This will update your local installation of CocoaPods to the latest version.
2. Remove Podfile.lock: rm Podfile.lock
3. Remove old CocoaPods specs: Run the command rm -rf ~/.cocoapods/repos/master in the terminal to remove your local copy of the CocoaPods specs repository.
4. Add new CocoaPods specs: Run the command pod setup in the terminal to download the latest version of the CocoaPods specs repository.
5. Install dependencies: Run the command pod install in the terminal to install your dependencies.

CocoaPods’s specs repository is too out-of-date to satisfy dependencies

These steps should help you fix the “CocoaPods’s specs repository is too out-of-date to satisfy dependencies” error and allow you to install your dependencies with CocoaPods.