TypeError: Cannot read property 'match' of null

[jmatsushita]

On OSX. Using node 4.2.2 (tried various other node versions resulting in the same error). The following error displays after installing nativescript as well as with further runs of tns and aborts them.

TypeError: Cannot read property 'match' of null

This is the error displayed on npm install -g nativescript

> [email protected] postinstall /usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript
> node postinstall.js

Cannot read property 'match' of null
Error: Unknown command 'dev-post-install'. Try '$ tns help' for a full list of supported commands.
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/lib/common/errors.js:7:23)
    at Module._compile (module.js:435:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:442:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:311:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:366:17)
    at require (module.js:385:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/lib/nativescript-cli.js:9:16)
    at Module._compile (module.js:435:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:442:10)

And this is the relevant result of tns doctor --log trace

Exec pod --version 
 stdout:  
 stderr: /bin/sh: pod: command not found

TypeError: Cannot read property 'match' of null
    at FiberFuture.Future.wait (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/fibers/future.js:535:15)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/lib/nativescript-cli.js:20:45
    - - - - -
    at SysInfoBase.getCocoapodVersion (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/lib/common/sys-info-base.js:134:55)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/lib/common/sys-info-base.js:47:41
    at Function.settle (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/fibers/future.js:249:26)
    at FiberFuture.Future.wait (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/fibers/future.js:534:10)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/lib/sys-info.js:26:105
    at Function.settle (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/fibers/future.js:249:26)
    at FiberFuture.Future.wait (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/fibers/future.js:534:10)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/lib/common/dispatchers.js:21:59
    at Function.settle (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/fibers/future.js:249:26)
    at FiberFuture.Future.wait (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/fibers/future.js:534:10)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/lib/nativescript-cli.js:20:45

Also:

$ tns doctor
Cannot read property 'match' of null
# doctor
┌─────────┬──────────────┐
│ Usage   │ Synopsis     │
│ General │ $ tns doctor │
└─────────┴──────────────┘

Checks your system for configuration problems which might prevent the NativeScript CLI from working properly.

$ tns install
TypeError: Cannot read property 'match' of null

Workaround

Creating a fake /usr/local/bin/pod executable solves the problem and all tnscommand run correctly after that.

[rosen-vladimirov]

Hi @jmatsushita
Thanks for pointing this. Another workaround is to install cocoapods on your machine (sudo gem install cocoapods).

[kagha]

Simply installing cocoapods as @rosen-vladimirov suggested has worked for me.

[verschuur]

Just wanted to say that I had the same error after updating to 1.5, and @jmatsushita's workaround did the trick for me.