Node:UNIX Installation Prerequisites, Next:The installation script, Up:UNIX installation
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.
The SICStus binary distributions are encrypted with the crypt
program. If you do not have crypt
on your machine, you can
download a public domain crypt tool available via anonymous FTP from
ftp://ftp.sics.se/archive/sicstus3/aux/crypt.tar.gz
The enclosed README file describes how to compile it.
The crypt
program is not needed if you use the SICStus Installer Tool to
download SICStus.