[Tex/LaTex] Making TeXworks use tikz package

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I need to create a document (I am using TeXworks) that requires the following packages/libraries:

\documentclass[spanish]{article}
\usepackage[activeacute]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{amsmath, amssymb}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows,automata,babel}

I can compile it using TeXworks under Windows but whenever I try to do it under Debian Wheezy I get this error message:

! I can't find file tikzlibrarybabel.code.tex'. <argument> ...nput
tikzlibrary\pgf@temp .code.tex
\catcode\@ =\csname tikz… l.8 \usetikzlibrary{arrows,automata,babel}

What is the easiest way to make it work?

I understand I should be able to put some libraries/packages in the same directory my .tex file is and make it work, but I can't. I have downloaded tikzlibrarybabel.code.tex and put it in the directory but then the error message I get is this one:

(./tikzlibrarybabel.code.tex

! Package pgfkeys Error: I do not know the key '/tikz/handle active
characters in code' and I am going to ignore it. Perhaps you
misspelled it.

See the pgfkeys package documentation for explanation

Best Answer

You can't use the TikZ library babel unless you have TikZ/PGF version 3.00 (or later).

Installing the new version over an older TeX Live is not recommended. Update your TeX distribution.

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