Using the middleware installation program to install DB2 9.7 on a Red Hat v6 system results in an error related to missing prerequisites

Problem(Abstract)

Using the middleware installation program to install DB2 9.7 on a Red Hat v6 system results in the following error:

CTGIN9080E: libaio.so.1, libstdc++.so.5 and libstdc++.so.6 packages are
required for DB2.

This error can occur even if the prerequisite checking tool was used to verify prerequisites on the system.

Resolving the problem

The problem is solved by installing libstdc++-4.4.4-13.el6.i686.rpm

which installs /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 and /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.13.