Change-Id: I8f5546bddbf634fa05337caa7c4d48a3f4f1db6b
Signed-off-by: Nikolas Hermanns <nikolas.hermanns@ericsson.com>
         if '.rpm' in odl_artifact:
             LOG.info('Installing %s on node %s'
                      % (odl_artifact, node.name))
-            node.execute('yum remove -y opendaylight; yum install -y %s'
+            node.execute('yum remove -y opendaylight', as_root=True)
+            node.execute('yum install -y %s'
                          % (tar_tmp_path + odl_artifact), as_root=True)
         node.execute('rm -rf ' + tar_tmp_path, as_root=True)
         LOG.info('Starting Opendaylight on node %s' % node.name)