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  • It was a permissions issue for us as well, while trying gem update —system but we had to go through the /usr/local/rvm/rubies directory tree carefully and ensure group permissions were set correctly. Commented Oct 30, 2018 at 19:20
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    Thank you for your post. This was my issue. The problem is, once used sudo to install a gem, it breaks permissions on the folders and won't let you install any other. Commented Jul 27, 2022 at 9:46