where is uudecode in RHEL6 Beta?

inode0 inode0 at gmail.com
Wed Jul 7 20:13:08 UTC 2010


On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Ray Van Dolson <rvandolson at esri.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 07, 2010 at 12:57:19PM -0700, fred smith wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 07, 2010 at 12:44:55PM -0700, Ray Van Dolson wrote:
>> > On Wed, Jul 07, 2010 at 12:35:21PM -0700, fred smith wrote:
>> > > I've dug thru every RPM in both the Workstation and Server ISO images
>> > > of RHEL6 beta2 and none of them contains a package containing uudecode.
>> > >
>> > >     cd Packages
>> > >     for i in *.rpm; do rpm -qlp $i | grep uudecode; done 2>/dev/null
>> > >
>> > > returns one emacs component and 3 man pages, but no binary.
>> > >
>> > > Is there some OTHER tool that is now being shipped in place of uuencode/
>> > > uudecode?
>> > >
>> > > Clues appreciated.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks!
>> >
>> > Don't have a RHEL6 install handy, but try 'sharutils'.
>>
>> Nope. there is no such package on either ISO image. that was my
>> first guess, since that's where it has traditionally been.
>
> Hmm, what about doing a:
>
>  yum provides \*uudecode

One more time - it is in the optional repo, enable it and enjoy new packages.

John




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