[Tex/LaTex] Moderncv package

miktexmoderncv

In order to write my CV, I am using moderncv.

1) I download the package moderncv 2.0.0 from CRAN : https://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/moderncv

2) I dezziped the folder called moderncv. This folder contains :

the moderncv.cls file,
some .sty files,
a folder that contains some examples, one of which is called template.tex.

3) I copied all the files contained in the example folder into the modercv folder in order to have all the files in the same folder.

4) I tried to run the template.tex file with Texmaker and Miktex 2.9 using pdflatex but it gives me : "Process exited with errors" but no error message appears, only some warnings messages.

Here are the warnings messages that appear :

The log file begins with :

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.17 (MiKTeX 2.9 64-bit) (preloaded format=pdflatex 2016.5.31) 30 AUG 2016 10:07
entering extended mode
**./template.tex
(template.tex
LaTeX2e <2016/03/31>
Babel <3.9r> and hyphenation patterns for 75 language(s) loaded.
(moderncv.cls
Document Class: moderncv 2015/07/28 v2.0.0 modern curriculum vitae and letter d
ocument class

The log file ends with :

!pdfTeX error: pdflatex (file FontAwesome–fontawesomethree): Font FontAwesome-
-fontawesomethree at 600 not found
==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!

Thanks in advance,

Anthony

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Well, at last there is a little bug in moderncv with the correct usage of fontawesome. It depends on the useing of casual or classic or banking or ... and the way you compile: pdflatex, lualatex etc.

Because we have no MWE I can more or less only guess.

With the moderncv command \moderncvicons you can explicitly define the font you wants to be used for the symbols. In your case, given by the error you mentioned, just add \moderncvicons{marvosym} to your preamble. Font marvosym can be used with pdflatex.

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I can see several missunderstandings in your question.

With windows you have the standard directory c:/documents. Create there an sub directory, for example latex. There you can write your own tex code, for example mwe.tex. You can open and compile this file c:/documents/latex/mwe.tex with your editor, TeXWorks, TeXnicCenter, WinEDT etc.
Class moderncv should you only install with the installing or updating or package manager program of MiKTeX. Theese programs knew better that you where and how to install class moderncv.
After correct installation/update of MiKTeX you can compile your file mwe.tex, because now MiKTeX is able to find and run class moderncv.cls and related files.
moderncv has been changed and uses now font awesomefont to display symbols for a telephone etc. After the first change there was a bug resulting with the message about awesomefonttwo. That bug was fixed. To get no warning messages use LuaLaTeX or XeLaTeX to compile: lualatex mwe.tex.
If you want to compile with pdflatex use the following modified MWE (see my changes marked with <====== in the code).

Changed mwe.tex to be compiled with pdflatex:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv} 

\moderncvstyle{casual} 
\moderncvcolor{grey} 

\usepackage[scale=0.75]{geometry} 
\name{Joe}{Doe}
\address{My address}
\mobile{000}

\moderncvicons{marvosym} % marvosym awesome % for pdflatex! <===========
\setlength{\footskip}{37pt} % no more \footskip warning <===============


\begin{document}
\makecvtitle
 Hej
\end{document}

It compiles on my current MiKTeX 2.9 with moderncv 2.0.0 with only three warnings (caused in another bug in moderncv which has to be corrected by the author of the class) and no errors.

[Tex/LaTex] Moderncv does not compile

It seems you have an problem with your TeX distribution installation on your computer or you tried to install two different moderncv versions (1.5.1 and 2.0.0) on your computer. Please check this. Best would be to update your TeX distribution and afterwards check, that all packages (moderncv too) are up to date. How to do that depends on your operating system and used TeX distribution (please search on this page for related questions for updating).

You named the command \@initializecommand{\moderncvstyleheadoptions}{}. This command is only used in version 2.0.0, but you log file tells us, you are using version 1.5.1 of moderncv. So it seems that parts of different versions are used. Because some commands changed from version 1.5.1 to 2.0.0 you got your problems.

Because some commands changed I suggest you to use the following MWE (please check the comments where I changed the code). That should run on your computer, after repairing the version problem.

For example, your command cvline is outdated.

MWE:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{moderncv} % version 1.5.1

%\moderncvtheme[blue]{classic}  % used in version <= 0.15
\moderncvstyle{classic}
\moderncvcolor{blue}

\firstname{firstname}     % Your name
\lastname{Lastname}       % Your last name
\title{Title}             % Your title (optional)
\address{street and number}{post code and city}   % Your current address
\mobile{number}           % Your mobile phone number
\phone{number}            % Your phone number
\email{email}             % Your email address
\homepage{link}           % Your website
\extrainfo{information}   % Possible extra information e.g. website
\photo[64pt][0.4pt]{example-image-a}             % Your photo (optional)
\quote{quote}             % Life motto or something like that (optional)

\setlength{\footskip}{52pt} % to avoid warning


\begin{document}
\maketitle

\cventry{year--year}{Degree}{Institution}{City}{\textit{Grade}}{Description}
\cvlanguage{Language 1}{Skill level}{Comment}
\cvcomputer{category 1}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}{category 4}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}
%\cvline{hobby 1}{\small Description} % cvline used in version <= 0.15
\cvitem{hobby 1}{Description}
\end{document}

I can not test it with version 1.5.1, because I'm using version 2.0.0, but it should compile.

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