Attempting to compile the following minimal working example fails on my TeX installation.
\documentclass{moderncv}
%\moderncvstyle{banking}
\begin{document}
Foo
\end{document}
The log file repeats the following error eight times:
! Undefined control sequence.
<argument> \@firstname
{}~\@lastname {}
l.6 \begin{document}
The control sequence at the end of the top line
of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct
spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,
and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.
The error remains the same whether I'm using pdflatex or luatex to compile. I'm using a fresh (full) TeX Live 2016 installation and tlmgr revision 41476 in Linux Mint and I'm using TeXstudio as my editor. According to tlmgr update --all
and tlmgr update --self
my installation is up to date.
Uncommenting the style statement results in an additional warning:
LaTeX Warning: You have requested package `moderncvheadiii',
but the package provides `moderncvheadiii'.
I found a few mentions of this online, but it seems this issue was fixed by a moderncv update (https://github.com/xdanaux/moderncv/issues/1).
Peculiarly, I can update and re-compile an older moderncv document (that was made on another distribution) without any issues. Other document classes also seem to work correctly.
How would I go about troubleshooting an issue like this?
EDIT
Thank you @Elad Den for pointing out that I need to define names in the document's preamble. Both \name{}{}
and \firstname{}
\familyname{}
work, although my editor does not recognise the former command. This does indeed allow me to compile without any issues.
Unfortunately it wasn't smooth sailing from here on out. Adding \recipients{}
, \opening{}
, \closing{}
and \makeletterclosing
work fine, but adding \makelettertitle
results in the following errors:
Undefined control sequence. \makelettertitle
You have requested package `moderncvheadiii', but the package provides `moderncvheadiii'.
You have requested package `moderncvbodyiii', but the package provides `moderncvbodyiii'.
Remarkably, I do receive a (seemingly) correct pdf output, despite the mess of errors and warnings in my log file.
I've found one reference to a similar issue, but no solutions were offered in this thread: Problem with moderncv or TexStudio: makelettertitle is undefined