# Ionic cordova platform add ios failed **URL:** \ **Category:** ionic-v3\ **Created:** [October 11, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-cordova-platform-add-ios-failed/108530 "2017-10-11T15:21:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Abmnukmr](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/abmnukmr/32/106985_2.png) [@Abmnukmr](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/Abmnukmr)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-cordova-platform-add-ios-failed/108530/1 "2017-10-11T15:21:04Z")
Abhimanyus-MacBook-Pro:Vioti abhimanyukumar$ sudo ionic cordova platform add ios > cordova platform add ios --save > ✖ Running command - failed! > [ERROR] Exception: ``` You have been opted out of telemetry. To change this, run: cordova telemetry on. Using cordova-fetch for cordova-ios@~4.4.0 Adding ios project... Creating Cordova project for the iOS platform: Path: platforms/ios Package: com.vaioti Name: VAIOTI iOS project created with cordova-ios@4.4.0 Installing "com.googlemaps.ios" for ios Installing "cordova-plugin-actionsheet" for ios Installing "cordova-plugin-add-swift-support" for ios Installing "cordova-plugin-admobpro" for ios Plugin dependency "cordova-plugin-extension@1.5.1" already fetched, using that version. Installing "cordova-plugin-extension" for ios Installing "cordova-plugin-app-event" for ios Installing "cordova-plugin-camera" for ios Plugin dependency "cordova-plugin-compat@1.1.0" already fetched, using that version. Installing "cordova-plugin-compat" for ios Dependent plugin "cordova-plugin-compat" already installed on ios. Installing "cordova-plugin-console" for ios Installing "cordova-plugin-crop" for ios Installing "cordova-plugin-device" for ios Dependent plugin "cordova-plugin-extension" already installed on ios. Installing "cordova-plugin-facebook4" for ios Installing "cordova-plugin-file" for ios Plugin dependency "cordova-plugin-compat@1.1.0" already fetched, using that version. Dependent plugin "cordova-plugin-compat" already installed on ios. Installing "cordova-plugin-file-transfer" for ios Plugin dependency "cordova-plugin-file@4.3.1" already fetched, using that version. Dependent plugin "cordova-plugin-file" already installed on ios. Installing "cordova-plugin-filepath" for ios Installing "cordova-plugin-geolocation" for ios Plugin dependency "cordova-plugin-compat@1.1.0" already fetched, using that version. Dependent plugin "cordova-plugin-compat" already installed on ios. Installing "cordova-plugin-googlemaps" for ios Plugin dependency "com.googlemaps.ios@2.4.0" already fetched, using that version. Dependent plugin "com.googlemaps.ios" already installed on ios. In order to run this plugin, you need to obtain Google Maps API key for iOS. Visit https://github.com/mapsplugin/cordova-plugin-googlemaps/wiki/Installation Check our release notes. https://github.com/mapsplugin/cordova-plugin-googlemaps/wiki/Release-Notes Installing "cordova-plugin-googleplus" for ios Google Sign-In prerequisites START Running hook to add iOS Keychain Sharing entitlements (required since iOS 10) Will add iOS Keychain Sharing entitlements to project 'VAIOTI' END Running hook to add iOS Keychain Sharing entitlements (required since iOS 10) Installing "cordova-plugin-inappbrowser" for ios Installing "cordova-plugin-mauron85-background-geolocation" for ios Installing "cordova-plugin-nativegeocoder" for ios Plugin dependency "cordova-plugin-add-swift-support@1.6.0" already fetched, using that version. Dependent plugin "cordova-plugin-add-swift-support" already installed on ios. Installing "cordova-plugin-network-information" for ios Installing "cordova-plugin-settings-hook" for ios Installing "cordova-plugin-splashscreen" for ios Installing "cordova-plugin-statusbar" for ios Installing "cordova-plugin-uniquedeviceid" for ios Installing "cordova-plugin-whitelist" for ios Installing "cordova-plugin-wkwebview-engine" for ios Installing "cordova-plugin-x-toast" for ios Installing "cordova-sqlite-storage" for ios installing external dependencies via npm npm install of external dependencies ok Installing "cordova.plugins.diagnostic" for ios Installing "de.appplant.cordova.plugin.local-notification" for ios Plugin dependency "cordova-plugin-device@1.1.3" already fetched, using that version. Dependent plugin "cordova-plugin-device" already installed on ios. Plugin dependency "cordova-plugin-app-event@1.2.1" already fetched, using that version. Dependent plugin "cordova-plugin-app-event" already installed on ios. Installing "ionic-plugin-keyboard" for ios Installing "mx.ferreyra.callnumber" for ios Installing "phonegap-plugin-barcodescanner" for ios Installing "phonegap-plugin-push" for ios Failed to install 'phonegap-plugin-push': undefined Error: WARNING: CocoaPods requires your terminal to be using UTF-8 encoding. Consider adding the following to ~/.profile: export LANG=en_US.UTF-8 /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.3.0/gems/claide-1.0.2/lib/claide/command.rb:439:in `help!': [!] You cannot run CocoaPods as root. (CLAide::Help) Usage: $ pod COMMAND CocoaPods, the Cocoa library package manager. Commands: + cache Manipulate the CocoaPods cache + env Display pod environment + init Generate a Podfile for the current directory + install Install project dependencies according to versions from a Podfile.lock + ipc Inter-process communication + lib Develop pods + list List pods + outdated Show outdated project dependencies + repo Manage spec-repositories + setup Setup the CocoaPods environment + spec Manage pod specs + update Update outdated project dependencies and create new Podfile.lock Options: --silent Show nothing --version Show the version of the tool --verbose Show more debugging information --no-ansi Show output without ANSI codes --help Show help banner of specified command from /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.1.1/lib/cocoapods/command.rb:47:in `run' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.3.0/gems/cocoapods-1.1.1/bin/pod:55:in `' from /usr/local/bin/pod:22:in `load' from /usr/local/bin/pod:22:in `
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**Author:** ![Sujan12](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/sujan12/32/108395_2.png) [@Sujan12](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/Sujan12)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-cordova-platform-add-ios-failed/108530/2 "2017-10-11T15:52:18Z")
Read the error message: > [@Abmnukmr](#): > > Error: WARNING: CocoaPods requires your terminal to be using UTF-8 encoding. > Consider adding the following to ~/.profile: > > ``` > export LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > > ``` Also, just pasting an error message without and description is kind of rude.