Shared object "libm.so.4" not found

[Lowell Gilbert]

FlashWebHost.com <flashweb at gmail.com> writes:

> I am getting follwing error when running perl script or even just calling perl.
> 
> freebsd# perl -v
> /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libm.so.4" not found
> freebsd#
> 
> I am using
> 
> freebsd# uname -a
> FreeBSD freebsd.netfreehost.com 5.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE #0:
> Sat Sep 17 20:14:10 BST 2005    
> root at freebsd.netfreehost.com:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/FLASHWEBHOST 
> i386
> freebsd#
> 
> How do i fix the error ?

Remove perl and install a version of perl that was installed for 5.x,
instead of for 6.x.