difficult rpm problem

[Alan]

> rpm: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.6: cannot open
> shared object file: No such file or directory

You've removed the C++ library.

> This is also keeping me from running OpenOffice and a few other apps.
> I've try to find the solution with the help of my old friend google but
> no luck. Obviously I can't fix it by upgrading or re-installing libstdc
> ++ via rpm because rpm won't work.
> 
> Does anyone have an idea how I can fix this problem?

Copy the libstdc++.so.6 from a working box into the right place (/lib
or /usr/lib). Then use rpm to reinstall the package back over the file
you stuck there temporarily.