Gem::InstallError: gem-wrappers is not installed in GEM_HOME during gem cleanup

Question

How do I avoid gem cleanup specific errors. I see the following error while performing gem cleanup. Gem::InstallError: gem-wrappers is not installed in GEM_HOME

gem cleanup
Cleaning up installed gems...
Attempting to uninstall gem-wrappers-1.2.4
Unable to uninstall gem-wrappers-1.2.4:
    Gem::InstallError: gem-wrappers is not installed in GEM_HOME, try:
    gem uninstall -i /home/ec2-user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2@global gem-wrappers
Attempting to uninstall gem-wrappers-1.2.4
Unable to uninstall gem-wrappers-1.2.4:
    Gem::InstallError: gem-wrappers is not installed in GEM_HOME, try:
    gem uninstall -i /home/ec2-user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2@global gem-wrappers
Clean Up Complete

Answer 1

The cleanup command removes old versions of gems from GEM_HOME that are not required to meet a dependency. If a gem is installed elsewhere in GEM_PATH the cleanup command won’t delete it.

You can try using sudo gem cleanup

Reference gem cleanup

Another Cleanup gems