The AMC utilities have been written for Linux. They can also be installed on MAC OS X using MacPorts.

	Note
	If you install AMC with deb or RPM package (on debian, Ubuntu and derivatives, Mandriva, openSUSE, Fedora), every software used by AMC will be automatically installed.

The main packages/software that are required for the use of AMC are the following:

It is not mandatory to write your questionnaires using LaTeX language (see the section called “AMC-TXT syntax” for a plain text alternative syntax). However, LaTeX is still the native AMC language for questionnaires descriptions, and allows the user to design his questionnaires with tremendous freedom. The templates that are provided should allow those who are not deterred by LaTeX format to quickly start writing their own MCQs.