[!] Invalid `Podfile` file: [!] Unable to locate the executable `node`.

Environment

$ react-native info
info Fetching system and libraries information...
(node:17046) Warning: Accessing non-existent property 'padLevels' of module exports inside circular dependency
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
System:
    OS: macOS 10.15.5
    CPU: (4) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3230M CPU @ 2.60GHz
    Memory: 125.88 MB / 8.00 GB
    Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash
  Binaries:
    Node: 14.3.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.4 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
    npm: 6.14.4 - /usr/local/bin/npm
    Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
  SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: iOS 13.5, DriverKit 19.0, macOS 10.15, tvOS 13.4, watchOS 6.2
  IDEs:
    Xcode: 11.5/11E608c - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  npmPackages:
    react: ~16.9.0 => 16.9.0
    react-native: ~0.61.5 => 0.61.5
  npmGlobalPackages:
    react-native-cli: 0.1.4

Description

Just after doing an expo eject, when trying to do a pod install from within the ios directory, I get the following output and error.

As you can see in the output of react-native info, I do have node installed and in my PATH. Any idea what could be wrong?

./ios $ pod install
Installing unimodules:
 expo-constants@9.0.0 from ../node_modules/expo-constants/ios
 expo-error-recovery@1.1.0 from ../node_modules/expo-error-recovery/ios
 expo-file-system@8.1.0 from ../node_modules/expo-file-system/ios
 expo-font@8.1.1 from ../node_modules/expo-font/ios
 expo-image-loader@1.0.1 from ../node_modules/expo-image-loader/ios
 expo-keep-awake@8.1.0 from ../node_modules/expo-keep-awake/ios
 expo-linear-gradient@8.1.0 from ../node_modules/expo-linear-gradient/ios
 expo-location@8.1.0 from ../node_modules/expo-location/ios
 expo-permissions@8.1.0 from ../node_modules/expo-permissions/ios
 expo-splash-screen@0.2.3 from ../node_modules/expo-splash-screen/ios
 expo-sqlite@8.1.0 from ../node_modules/expo-sqlite/ios
 expo-updates@0.2.7 from ../node_modules/expo-updates/ios
 expo-web-browser@8.2.1 from ../node_modules/expo-web-browser/ios
 unimodules-app-loader@1.0.2 from ../node_modules/react-native-unimodules/node_modules/unimodules-app-loader/ios
 unimodules-barcode-scanner-interface@5.1.0 from ../node_modules/unimodules-barcode-scanner-interface/ios
 unimodules-camera-interface@5.1.0 from ../node_modules/unimodules-camera-interface/ios
 unimodules-constants-interface@5.1.0 from ../node_modules/unimodules-constants-interface/ios
 unimodules-core@5.1.2 from ../node_modules/react-native-unimodules/node_modules/@unimodules/core/ios
 unimodules-face-detector-interface@5.1.0 from ../node_modules/unimodules-face-detector-interface/ios
 unimodules-file-system-interface@5.1.0 from ../node_modules/unimodules-file-system-interface/ios
 unimodules-font-interface@5.1.0 from ../node_modules/unimodules-font-interface/ios
 unimodules-image-loader-interface@5.1.0 from ../node_modules/unimodules-image-loader-interface/ios
 unimodules-permissions-interface@5.1.0 from ../node_modules/unimodules-permissions-interface/ios
 unimodules-react-native-adapter@5.2.0 from ../node_modules/@unimodules/react-native-adapter/ios
 unimodules-sensors-interface@5.1.0 from ../node_modules/unimodules-sensors-interface/ios
 unimodules-task-manager-interface@5.1.0 from ../node_modules/unimodules-task-manager-interface/ios

Found some duplicated unimodule packages. Installed the ones with the highest version number.
Make sure following dependencies of your project are resolving to one specific version:
 unimodules-app-loader, unimodules-core

[!] Invalid `Podfile` file: [!] Unable to locate the executable `node`.

 #  from /Users/sam/Development/HabitApp/ios/Podfile:45
 #  -------------------------------------------
 #    # react-native-cli autolinking
 >    use_native_modules!
 #  end
 #  -------------------------------------------

[michimichimichi]

I updated cocoa pods but it didn’t solve the problem 😦

[OKNoah]

@OKNoah That was a while ago, so I don’t remember all the details. What I did is update the cocoapods executable (via the ruby gem). Though I think it’s better for you to open your own issue if you’re facing some problems. You can do this here: https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/issues/new/choose.

That is what everyone tells me and I’ve written my own solution.