error message: libreadline.so.6 too short

[kensor]

Recently I inquired about a libreadline.so.5 message received when attempting to install the rpm version of the programming language Agena. At the suggestion here recompilation would be in order, I messaged the developer asking details about that, and in reply he suggested just linking the newer version 6 library that Mageia uses to the Agena system. Long story short, not only does that not work, but now I have an error message on my system's reboot to the effect that shared library loading was aborted with a message libreadline.so.6 is too short (yes, its file size is 0), but now the Add/Remove software function in Control Center aborts abnormally with a similar message in its verbiage. An ls of the /lib directory has libreadline.so.6 in white letters blinking in a red rectangle followed by an @. I tried to use urpmi from the command line to see if I could download just a libreadline.so.6 package, but urpmi fails because of the libreadline problem.

Is there some way I can download appropriate code to extricate my system from this mess caused by a university class assignment to learn a new programming language in the second week before final examinations?

[dubigrasu]

has libreadline.so.6 in white letters blinking in a red rectangle followed by an @.

That means a broken link.
Is other libreadline.so.* present in the same directory?

[kensor]

There are two other link files of 16 and 18 characters, but no longer libreadline.so files.

[dubigrasu]

Try then to reinstall libreadline from console as root:

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urpmi libreadline6

if is already installed but somehow crippled:

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urpmi --replacepkgs libreadline6

Edit: Ah, sorry I forgot you can't do that either.

http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/mageia/di ... 1.i586.rpm
download the above package and install it from console in the same directory where it resides:

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rpm -i libreadline6-6.2-1.mga1.i586.rpm

or

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rpm -i --force libreadline6-6.2-1.mga1.i586.rpm

Eventually if anything fails, extract the package and manually copy the files.

[doktor5000]

http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/mageia/di ... 1.i586.rpm
download the above package and install it from console in the same directory where it resides:

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rpm -i libreadline6-6.2-1.mga1.i586.rpm

or

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rpm -i --force libreadline6-6.2-1.mga1.i586.rpm

Just a related sidenote, rpm can perfectly download itself, so

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rpm -ihv http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/mageia/distrib/1/i586/media/core/release/libreadline6-6.2-1.mga1.i586.rpm

should do the trick

[dubigrasu]

Ha!
Never crossed my mind to try that thanks, that's good to know.

[doktor5000]

RPM has inbuilt support for most download protocols since ages, be it ftp, http, maybe even rsync?