Failed to install 'cordova-plugin-firebasex': undefined (Cannot run CocoaPods as root)

[ctfrancia]

Bug report

Current behavior:

Currently I cannot add the plugin to the project with ios. all the other plugs install correctly on ios and android, however, when arriving to ios with this plugin I get this error.

Expected behavior:

I don't know how this could be a problem with my code as all others work. I understand that it says that 'unable to CocoaPods as root` but with all the other files cocoapods has no problem installing. Why what makes this plugin different? That's why I think that there might be a problem with the plugin.

Steps to reproduce:

Screenshots

Environment information

• Cordova CLI version
  • cordova -v : 9.0.0 (cordova-lib@9.0.1)
• Cordova platform version
  • cordova platform ls

    
    Installed platforms:
    android 8.1.0
    ios 5.0.1
    Available platforms: 
    browser ^6.0.0
    electron ^1.0.0
    osx ^5.0.0
    windows ^7.0.0

- Plugins & versions installed in project (including this plugin)
    - `cordova plugin ls`

com-badrit-base64 0.2.0 "Base64" cordova-android-support-gradle-release 2.1.0 "cordova-android-support-gradle-release" cordova-open-native-settings 1.5.2 "Native settings" cordova-plugin-android-permissions 1.0.0 "Permissions" cordova-plugin-androidx 1.0.2 "cordova-plugin-androidx" cordova-plugin-androidx-adapter 1.1.0 "cordova-plugin-androidx-adapter" cordova-plugin-camera 4.0.3 "Camera" cordova-plugin-device 2.0.2 "Device" cordova-plugin-file 6.0.1 "File" cordova-plugin-file-transfer 1.7.1 "File Transfer" cordova-plugin-firebasex 6.1.0 "Google Firebase Plugin" cordova-plugin-googleplus 8.0.0 "Google SignIn" cordova-plugin-inappbrowser 3.0.0 "InAppBrowser" cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard 2.1.3 "cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard" cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 4.1.1 "cordova-plugin-ionic-webview" cordova-plugin-splashscreen 5.0.2 "Splashscreen" cordova-plugin-statusbar 2.4.2 "StatusBar" cordova-plugin-whitelist 1.3.3 "Whitelist" cordova-plugin-x-socialsharing 5.4.7 "SocialSharing" cordova-sqlite-storage 3.2.0 "Cordova sqlite storage plugin - cordova-sqlite-storage plugin version" cordova.plugins.diagnostic 4.0.12 "Diagnostic" es6-promise-plugin 4.2.2 "Promise" onesignal-cordova-plugin 2.6.0 "OneSignal Push Notifications"

- Dev machine OS and version, e.g.
    - OSX
        - `sw_vers`

ProductName: Mac OS X ProductVersion: 10.14.6 BuildVersion: 18G95

    - Windows 10
        - `winver`

_Runtime issue_
- Device details
    - _e.g. iPhone X, Samsung Galaxy S8, iPhone X Simulator, Pixel XL Emulator_
- OS details
    - _e.g. iOS 12.2, Android 9.0_  

_Android build issue:_  
- Node JS version
    - `node -v`
- Gradle version
    - `ls platforms/android/.gradle`
- Target Android SDK version
    - `android:targetSdkVersion` in `AndroidManifest.xml`
- Android SDK details
    - `sdkmanager --list | sed -e '/Available Packages/q'`

_iOS build issue:_
- Node JS version
    - `node -v`
- XCode version

**Related code:**

insert any relevant code here such as plugin API calls / input parameters

**Console output**
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<summary>console output/installs others to Podfile</summary>

Podfile found in platforms/ios Install complete for cordova-plugin-file-transfer on ios. Finding scripts for "after_plugin_install" hook from plugin cordova-plugin-file-transfer on ios platform only. No scripts found for hook "after_plugin_install". Installing plugin "cordova-plugin-firebasex" following successful platform add of ios Found variables for "cordova-plugin-firebasex". Processing as cli_variables. Installing "cordova-plugin-firebasex" for ios Running command: /Users/c.francia/Desktop/dicus/dicus/application/app/platforms/ios/cordova/version Command finished with error code 0: /Users/c.francia/Desktop/dicus/dicus/application/app/platforms/ios/cordova/version Running command: /Users/c.francia/Desktop/dicus/dicus/application/app/platforms/ios/cordova/version Command finished with error code 0: /Users/c.francia/Desktop/dicus/dicus/application/app/platforms/ios/cordova/version Dependencies detected, iterating through them... Requesting plugin "cordova-plugin-androidx@^1.0.2". Plugin dependency "cordova-plugin-androidx@1.0.2" already fetched, using that version. Dependent plugin "cordova-plugin-androidx" already installed on ios. Requesting plugin "cordova-plugin-androidx-adapter@^1.1.0". Plugin dependency "cordova-plugin-androidx-adapter@1.1.0" already fetched, using that version. Dependent plugin "cordova-plugin-androidx-adapter" already installed on ios. Finding scripts for "before_plugin_install" hook from plugin cordova-plugin-firebasex on ios platform only. No scripts found for hook "before_plugin_install". Install start for "cordova-plugin-firebasex" on ios. Beginning processing of action stack for ios project... Action stack processing complete. pods.json found in platforms/ios Podfile found in platforms/ios Adding pods since the plugin contained Set pods.json for declarations - use_frameworks! Added declaration line for use_frameworks! Set pods.json for sources - https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git Added source line for https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git Set pods.json for libraries - Firebase/Core Added pod line for Firebase/Core Set pods.json for libraries - Firebase/Auth Added pod line for Firebase/Auth Set pods.json for libraries - Firebase/Messaging Added pod line for Firebase/Messaging Set pods.json for libraries - Firebase/Performance Added pod line for Firebase/Performance Set pods.json for libraries - Firebase/RemoteConfig Added pod line for Firebase/RemoteConfig Set pods.json for libraries - Fabric Added pod line for Fabric Set pods.json for libraries - Crashlytics Added pod line for Crashlytics Wrote to pods.json. Wrote to Podfile. Running pod install (to install plugins) Failed to install 'cordova-plugin-firebasex': undefined CordovaError: Promise rejected with non-error: "/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.3.0/gems/claide-1.0.3/lib/claide/command.rb:439:in help!': \u001b[31m[!] You cannot run CocoaPods as root.\u001b[39m (CLAide::Help)\n" + '\n' + '\u001b[4mUsage:\u001b[24m\n' + '\n' + ' $ \u001b[32mpod\u001b[39m \u001b[32mCOMMAND\u001b[39m\n' + '\n' + ' CocoaPods, the Cocoa library package manager.\n' + '\n' + '\u001b[4mCommands:\u001b[24m\n' + '\n' + ' \u001b[32m+ cache\u001b[39m Manipulate the CocoaPods cache\n' + ' \u001b[32m+ env\u001b[39m Display pod environment\n' + ' \u001b[32m+ init\u001b[39m Generate a Podfile for the current directory\n' + ' \u001b[32m+ install\u001b[39m Install project dependencies according to versions from a\n' + ' Podfile.lock\n' + ' \u001b[32m+ ipc\u001b[39m Inter-process communication\n' + ' \u001b[32m+ lib\u001b[39m Develop pods\n' + ' \u001b[32m+ list\u001b[39m List pods\n' + ' \u001b[32m+ outdated\u001b[39m Show outdated project dependencies\n' + ' \u001b[32m+ repo\u001b[39m Manage spec-repositories\n' + ' \u001b[32m+ setup\u001b[39m Setup the CocoaPods environment\n' + ' \u001b[32m+ spec\u001b[39m Manage pod specs\n' + ' \u001b[32m+ update\u001b[39m Update outdated project dependencies and create new Podfile.lock\n' + '\n' + '\u001b[4mOptions:\u001b[24m\n' + '\n' + ' \u001b[34m--silent\u001b[39m Show nothing\n' + ' \u001b[34m--version\u001b[39m Show the version of the tool\n' + ' \u001b[34m--verbose\u001b[39m Show more debugging information\n' + ' \u001b[34m--no-ansi\u001b[39m Show output without ANSI codes\n' + ' \u001b[34m--help\u001b[39m Show help banner of specified command\n' + "\tfrom /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.7.5/lib/cocoapods/command.rb:47:inrun'\n" + "\tfrom /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.7.5/bin/pod:55:in <top (required)>'\n" + "\tfrom /usr/local/bin/pod:22:inload'\n" + "\tfrom /usr/local/bin/pod:22:in `

'\n" at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/bin/cordova:29:15 at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:85:5) [ERROR] An error occurred while running subprocess cordova.

    cordova platform add ios --verbose exited with exit code 1.

    Re-running this command with the --verbose flag may provide more information.

ionic:utils-process onBeforeExit handler: 'process.exit' received +0ms ionic:utils-process onBeforeExit handler: running 1 functions +0ms ionic:utils-process processExit: exiting (exit code: 1) +45ms

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[dpa99c]

Please try building the example project to rule out conflicts with other plugins in your project and to validate your build environment.

[ctfrancia]

Alright, it says that the build was successful... which means there is nothing more you can do for me, thanks anyways 😭

[dpa99c]

Thanks for you reply

[sametacar]

how did you fix the issue @ctfrancia ?

[sajberek]

Hi,

I installed example project clean. I ran: npm install sudo cordova platform add ios

It gave me this error: Failed to install 'cordova-plugin-firebasex': undefined Failed to restore plugin "cordova-plugin-firebasex" from config.xml. You might need to try adding it again. Error: /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0/gems/claide-1.0.3/lib/claide/command.rb:439:in `help!': [!] You cannot run CocoaPods as root. (CLAide::Help)

[sametacar]

@sajberek I faced some problems like you, and I used firebasex for android, and firebase for ios. it is silly yeap, but it worked.