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h1. Installing AMC with Nix

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Nix is part of the Nix packages collection, in unstable for now (as of

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2021-11-05) and will likely be part of the 21.11 release.

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h2. Installation on NixOS

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To install, either add @auto-multiple-choice@ to

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@environment.systemPackages@ in your @configuration.nix@.  If you want

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to use TeX to write your questionnaires, you also need to add the

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package to your texlive installation, like this:

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<pre>

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environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [

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auto-multiple-choice

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(texlive.combine {

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  inherit (pkgs.texlive) scheme-full;

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  xtra =

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      pkgs = [ auto-multiple-choice ];

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};

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})

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];

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</pre>

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h2. Installation with Nix on non-NixOS platforms

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The usual methods should work.  You can either get a shell with AMC

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installed with @nix-shell -p auto-multiple-choice@, or install AMC in

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the user environment with @nix-env -i auto-multiple-choice@.

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In both these cases, though, the @.sty@ file won't be available to

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your TeXLive installation.  If you wish to use it, you can pass LaTeX

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an explicit @TEXINPUTS@, like this:

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<pre>

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TEXINPUTS=:.:$(nix eval nixpkgs.auto-multiple-choice.outPath):$TEXINPUTS pdflatex questionnaire

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</pre>

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h2. Troubleshooting

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AMC has been added _very_ recently to Nixpkgs. If you encounter

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errors, make sure you're on unstable or at least 21.11 (not yet

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released at the time of this writing), and update your channels before

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installing.

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