uuencode and uudecode are missing from CentOS 5

What a surprise. I need those sometimes when mailing things from cron so after a quick search around I found the (intuitive named) package that contains those utilities is sharutils.

yum install sharutils

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Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
-> Running transaction check
-> Package sharutils.x86_64 0:4.6.1-2 set to be updated
-> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
sharutils x86_64 4.6.1-2 base 203 k

Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package(s)
Upgrade 0 Package(s)

Total download size: 203 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
sharutils-4.6.1-2.x86_64.rpm | 203 kB 00:00
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing : sharutils 1/1

Installed:
sharutils.x86_64 0:4.6.1-2

Complete!