A full SICStus installation requires a C compiler and a linker to perform final link steps on the installation machine.
If a C compiler is not available, it is possible to use a pre-built installation on some platforms (e.g. Mac OS X, 64bit SPARC Solaris).
Pre-built installation is only recommended as a last resort; it is
available from the SICStus Installer Tool or by invoking
InstallSICStus with the --all-questions argument.
A disadvantage with the pre-built installation is that SICStus
libraries that interface to third-party products (Tcl/Tk, Berkeley DB,
Java) may not work, or may require environment variables such as
LD_LIBRARY_PATH to be set. Another disadvantage is that
spld and splfr may not work unless you manually adjust the
spld configure file. Of course, neither spld nor
splfr will work anyway if you do not have a C compiler.