@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ function uninstall_package {

     if is_ubuntu; then

         apt_get purge "$@"

     elif is_fedora; then

-        sudo $YUM remove -y "$@" ||:

+        sudo ${YUM:-yum} remove -y "$@" ||:

     elif is_suse; then

         sudo zypper rm "$@"

     else

@@ -1229,7 +1229,7 @@ function yum_install {

     # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=965567

     $sudo http_proxy=$http_proxy https_proxy=$https_proxy \

         no_proxy=$no_proxy \

-        $YUM install -y "$@" 2>&1 | \

+        ${YUM:-yum} install -y "$@" 2>&1 | \

         awk '

             BEGIN { fail=0 }

             /No package/ { fail=1 }

@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ function yum_install {

     # also ensure we catch a yum failure

     if [[ ${PIPESTATUS[0]} != 0 ]]; then

-        die $LINENO "$YUM install failure"

+        die $LINENO "${YUM:-yum} install failure"

     fi

 }