[OS X TeX] Problem with babel's Greek option

[Herbert Schulz]

On Jun 15, 2012, at 1:14 PM, Johann Spies wrote:

> I have been using Greek (and Hebrew) for many years in LaTeX in a
> longstanding document without serious problems. In the last year or two I
> cannot compile that document any longer.
> 
> The following document illustrates a problem with Greek:
> 
> 
> \documentclass{minimal}
> \usepackage[greek, english]{babel}
> 
> \begin{document}
> \textgreek{T’i f’hic? <Id‘wn >enj’ede pa~id’’ >eleuj’eran
>        t‘ac plhs’ion N’umfac stefano~usan, S’wstrate,
>> er~wn ’ap~hljec e>uj’uc?}
> 
>    \end{document}
> 
> This ends in:
> 
> ERROR: Undefined control sequence.
> 
> --- TeX said ---
> l.58 \bbl at declare@ttribute
>                          {greek}{polutoniko}{%
> --- HELP ---
> 
> This happen every time I use
> \usepackage[greek,andpossiblyotherlanguagesorjustgreekonitsown]{babel}
> 
> I have MacTex's 2011 version of Texlive on Lion.
> 
> How can I get Greek back in my documents?
> 
> Regards
> Johann
> -- 
> Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself,
> my lips will praise you.  (Psalm 63:3)

Howdy,

No problems at this end under TeX Live 2011. Have you ever updated your system using TeX Live Utility? If you haven't been keeping up with updates you'll get one last update to what will be the final TeX Live 2011.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)