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I solve the problem Unknown option 'francais' by installing the missing language package:

​sudo apt-get install texlive-lang-european

Now, encounter the problem Unknown language 'french', the detailed error info is as follows:

! Package babel Error: Unknown language `french'. Either you have
(babel)                misspelled its name, it has not been installed,
(babel)                or you requested it in a previous run. Fix its name,
(babel)                install it or just rerun the file, respectively.
SparkAndShine
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The texlive-lang-european is for a bunch of European languages, among which there's not French; do

sudo apt-get install texlive-lang-french

See https://packages.debian.org/stable/tex/texlive-lang-french and https://packages.debian.org/stable/tex/texlive-lang-european for details about the packages.

egreg
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  • I don't think so. I am informed texlive-lang-french is already the newest version. while running sudo apt-get install texlive-lang-french. – SparkAndShine Jul 07 '15 at 12:50
  • @SparkandShine In my test I have no problem. What's your version of TeX Live? – egreg Jul 07 '15 at 12:55
  • TeX 3.1415926 (TeX Live 2013/Debian). My setting is: ./preamble/preamble.tex:\usepackage[francais]{babel}. – SparkAndShine Jul 07 '15 at 13:05
  • @SparkandShine What about \usepackage[french]{babel}? If it works, there's no difference with specifying francais. If it doesn't, then there's something wrong with your installation. – egreg Jul 07 '15 at 13:19