General ⇒ babel error: unknown option 'spanish' for package 'babel'

[thedoctor818]

I am trying to type up Spanish notes using the babel package, but to no avail. I keep getting the error message:
unknown option 'spanish' for package 'babel'
Here is my sample code:

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\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[spanish]{babel}
\begin{document}
\title{Espa~nol II.}
\author{The Doctor}
\maketitle
\tableofcontents
\chapter{!` A comer!}
\section*{Vocabulario.}
\end{document}

[frabjous]

What LaTeX distribution and version are you using, and on what operating system? What version of babel?

Is the spanish.dtx file installed?

[thedoctor818]

I am using TexLive, on Ubuntu 10.04, & I do have spanish.dtx installed. I have babel 3.8l installed.

[frabjous]

Your sample code works for me in texlive on Ubuntu 10.4 Lucid/babel 3.8l. (Well, mostly, I have to change Espa~nol to Espa\~nol, or else the tilde produces an unbreakable space instead.)

Is the texlive-lang-spanish package installed?

(sudo apt-get install texlive-lang-spanish)

[thedoctor818]

Yes, that is installed; however, I am still getting the same error.???

[frabjous]

Not sure what to suggest. I have the texlive-full package installed, which includes everything, but it's hard to see why texlive-lang-spanish wouldn't cover this. Maybe someone else will have an idea.

[thedoctor818]

Now, the error I am getting is: Package bebel error - you haven't loaded the option spanish yet

Any help would be appreciated.

[frabjous]

Try deleting the auxiliary files (*.aux, *.log, etc.) and try again.

[thedoctor818]

I tried that, but now I am getting my original error again!???

[gmedina]

Did you install the Spanish-related packages manually? Perhaps you didn't update your packages database after installation. Try running

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texhash

in a terminal.