Error: “per-mode” is undefined [closed]

Question

The simple expression:

$v_f = \SI[per-mode=fraction]{32}{\meter\per\second}$

when parsed, yields the following error:

! Package xkeyval Error: `per-mode' undefined in families `key'.

However, removing [per-mode=fraction] causes it to work fine. How can I print this as a fractional unit?

You're probably using an old version of siunitx. Try updating to the current version (2.5c).
@Jake Okay, I've got version 1.3. I installed siunitx by installing the texlive-science package, so what is the best way of updating?
@Arafinwe If you're using the TeX Live 2009 that's provided by Debian/Ubuntu you're out of luck. You can install the 2012 version with this PPA, but this method doesn't guarantee that the last version of packages is in the distribution. You may want to install a "vanilla TeX Live"
@Jake Thanks for your comment. If you should re-post that as an answer, I would accept it.

Joseph Wright · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-23 09:30:42Z

The comments have suggested upgrade your siunitx, but that may not be so easy. The option for version one was called just per

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\sisetup{per = fraction}
\begin{document}
$v_f = \SI{32}{\meter\per\second}$
\end{document}

If you give a version one option in the preamble, version two will pick this up an act appropriately.

closed as too localized by Harish Kumar, lockstep, Marco Daniel, Tom Bombadil, Paul Gaborit Sep 23 '12 at 9:44