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</question>
<answer>
<para>If you want to run some a.out applications like
Netscape Navigator on an Elf'ened machine such as 3.1-R or
later, it would need <filename>/usr/libexec/ld.so</filename>
and some a.out libs. They are included in the compat22
distribution. Use <filename>/stand/sysinstall</filename> or
<filename>install.sh</filename> in the compat22 subdirectory
and install it. Also read ERRATAs for 3.1-R and 3.2-R.</para>
<para>a.out applications like Netscape Navigator require
a.out libraries. A version of FreeBSD built with ELF
libraries does not install them by default. You will get
complaints about not having
<filename>/usr/libexec/ld.so</filename> if this is the
case on your system. These libraries are available as an
add-on in the compat22 distribution. Use
&man.sysinstall.8; to install them. You can
also install them from the FreeBSD source code:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/src/lib/compat/compat22</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
<para>If you want to install the latest compat22 libraries
whenever you run <command>make world</command>, edit
<filename>/etc/make.conf</filename> to include
<varname>COMPAT22=YES</varname>. Old compatability
libraries change rarely, if ever, so this is not generally
needed.</para>
<para>Also see the ERRATAs for 3.1-RELEASE and
3.2-RELEASE.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>