I have successfully used the moderncv package for several years. A few months ago, the following errors appeared out of the blue :
Command \mobilesymbol undefined. \renewcommand*{\mobilesymbol}
Command \phonesymbol undefined. \renewcommand*{\phonesymbol}
Command \faxsymbol undefined. \renewcommand*{\faxsymbol}
Undefined control sequence. \firstname
Missing \begin{document}. \firstname{F
Undefined control sequence. \familyname
Undefined control sequence. \begin{document}
Undefined control sequence. \begin{document}
Undefined control sequence. \begin{document}
Undefined control sequence. \begin{document}
Undefined control sequence. \begin{document}
Undefined control sequence. \begin{document}
Undefined control sequence. \begin{document}
Undefined control sequence. \begin{document}
Undefined control sequence. \makelettertitle
Undefined control sequence. \makelettertitle
Undefined control sequence. \makelettertitle
Undefined control sequence. \makecvtitle
Package graphics Error: Division by 0. \makecvtitle
Undefined control sequence. \makecvtitle
Undefined control sequence. \makecvtitle
Here is a MWE :
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}
\moderncvstyle{classic}
\moderncvcolor{blue}
\usepackage[scale=0.75]{geometry}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage[french]{babel}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\renewcommand*{\namefont}{\fontsize{20}{0}\mdseries\upshape}
\firstname{Firstname}
\familyname{Lastname}
\title{Profession}
\phone{+33 (0)x xx xx xx xx}
\email{email@gmail.com}
\photo[70pt][0.4pt]{pictures/file.jpg}
\begin{document}
\clearpage
\recipient{Recipient}{}
\date{\today}
\opening{Madame, Monsieur,}
\closing{}
\makelettertitle
Blabla...
\makecvtitle
\section{Education}
\cventry{2017--2019}{Master Degree}{University X}{Country X}{}{}
\section{Professional experience}
\cventry{2018}{Job X}{Company X}{Country X}{}{}
\end{document}
Removing the fontspec package from the preamble, here is the log file, although not in its entirety because too long :
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{Firstname}
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.
! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.
See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
...
I have updated TeX Live and my distro (4.14.130-1-MANJARO x86_64), to no avail. I have donwloaded the latest moderncv.cls file. The first three errors of the log point to the moderncvstyleclassic.sty file, while the rest point to the .tex file.
Any help appreciated.
UPDATE : Deleting moderncvcompatibility.sty removed many errors. Repopulating the folder with all files from moderncv resolved the remaining errors in the MWE. Other trouble occurring with the FontAwesome package in my "real" CV folder (as opposed to the MWE) was resolved too.
Best Answer
There are several issues in your code:
You are using both
which do simply not work together! Use one of them, but not both. I suggest to use the second, you have no special code shown in your mwe that needs to compile with XeLaTeX. So I also suggest to use
pdflatexto compile the cv ...Your used code
shows me, that your original code was used in an old version of
moderncvwhere command\name{firstname}{lastname}was unknown. Consider to change your complete code to use the new commands. That also means to change\phoneand you will be able to add new informations like your xing contact etc. to your cv ...You are using the current version of
moderncvas shown in your log file (moderncv 2015/07/28 v2.0.0), butshows you have a local version of an outdated version of
moderncvcompatibility 2012/10/31 v1.2.0in your working directory. Delete it! The same is valid for this part of your log file:It also shows that you have a local outdated version of
moderncvstyleclassic.styin your working directory:moderncvstyleclassic 2012/10/31 v1.2.0! Delete it and all other local copies of outdated files from version 1.2 ofmoderncv! As you can see following in your log filepackage
moderncvcolorblue.styin your local folder is also outdated ...With the following mwe (deleted
fontspec)and compiles with
pdflatexwithout error messages I get the following two pages (see added\clearpageplease):and
To summarize the problems here:
moderncvto your system using the commands of your tex distribution (with MiKteX you have to use the MiKTeX Console, and there thePackagemanager, I do not know TeX Live, sorry)moderncvversions into your local directory. You simply do not need them if you have a proper installation of currentmoderncvon your system.moderncvto see the new defined commands you can use with the current version ofmoderncv.