When simply trying to compile the CTAN template.tex available here http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/moderncv/examples I receive the following errors after compiling:
! Undefined control sequence. \name
! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}. See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. Type H <return> for immediate help.
etc ...
EDIT
Same problem with \social
; \cvcolomn
As you can see on the website, the last update of the templates date back to 2013-04-23 08:14:47 . Since it is barely recent, I doubt that it is because of old content. Please note that I checked that package textlive-latex-extra was updated.
I have no idea why I got so much errors using some official templates. Thank you in advance for your help.