diff --git a/vagrantSandbox/initFreeBSDScript.sh b/vagrantSandbox/initFreeBSDScript.sh
index 48f738557..a5c0514ec 100755
--- a/vagrantSandbox/initFreeBSDScript.sh
+++ b/vagrantSandbox/initFreeBSDScript.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /bin/bash
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
 
 boxName=$1
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ echo
 
 pkg install -fy virtualbox-ose-additions
 
-neededPackages=(mercurial git flex bison ccache rpm wget)
+neededPackages=(mercurial git flex bison ccache rpm4 wget)
 bonusPackages=(emacs24  zsh)
 
 for p in ${neededPackages[@]}; do
diff --git a/vagrantSandbox/initGeneralScript.sh b/vagrantSandbox/initGeneralScript.sh
index 0a0025808..2dcc0af87 100755
--- a/vagrantSandbox/initGeneralScript.sh
+++ b/vagrantSandbox/initGeneralScript.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /bin/bash
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
 
 echo
 echo "Copying stuff from skeleton"
diff --git a/vagrantSandbox/skel/bootstrapFoam.sh b/vagrantSandbox/skel/bootstrapFoam.sh
index c589bb4cc..8bbd921b7 100755
--- a/vagrantSandbox/skel/bootstrapFoam.sh
+++ b/vagrantSandbox/skel/bootstrapFoam.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /bin/bash
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
 
 # Just to be sure
 export WM_SCHEDULER=ccache