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I am unable to compile a quiz document specifically only on linux machines. My code looks like:

%% Language and font encodings

usepackage[english]{babel}

usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}

usepackage[T1]{fontenc}



%% Sets page size and margins

usepackage[a4paper,margin=1cm]{geometry}



%% Useful packages

usepackage{amsmath}

usepackage{graphicx}

usepackage{paralist}

setlengthFrameSep{4pt}





begin{document}

vspace{5mm}

begin{center}

fbox{fbox{parbox{2in}{centering

Quiz 1}}}



vspace{5mm}



makebox[textwidth]{Name:enspacehrulefill}

vspace{5mm}

makebox[textwidth]{Section:enspacehrulefill}

%questions being here



begin{questions}

    question[2]{Sample Question}

    begin{framed}

        begin{compactenum}[a.]

        item option 1.

        item Option 2.

        item option 3.

        item none of the above.

        end{compactenum}

end{framed}

end{questions}

end{center}

end{document} 

This code is compiling on mac systems as well as online services like overleaf, but fails on linux systems. The error file looks like

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.18 (TeX Live 2017/Debian) (preloaded format=latex)

 restricted write18 enabled.

entering extended mode

(./newQuizCopy.tex

LaTeX2e <2017-04-15>

Babel <3.18> and hyphenation patterns for 84 language(s) loaded.

(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/exam/exam.cls

Document Class: exam 2017/12/17 Version 2.603 by Philip Hirschhorn

(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ifthen.sty)

(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls

Document Class: article 2014/09/29 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class

(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo)))

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(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/ifxetex/ifxetex.sty))

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For additional information on amsmath, use the `?' option.

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(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/paralist/paralist.sty)



! LaTeX Error: Missing begin{document}.



See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.

Type  H <return>  for immediate help.





l.15 setlengthFrameSep{4pt}

And the log file displays

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.18 (TeX Live 2017/Debian) (preloaded format=latex 2018.10.31)  27 FEB 2019 23:07

entering extended mode

 restricted write18 enabled.

 %&-line parsing enabled.

**newQuizCopy.tex

(./newQuizCopy.tex

LaTeX2e <2017-04-15>

Babel <3.18> and hyphenation patterns for 84 language(s) loaded.

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Document Class: exam 2017/12/17 Version 2.603 by Philip Hirschhorn

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Package: ifthen 2014/09/29 v1.1c Standard LaTeX ifthen package (DPC)

)

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Document Class: article 2014/09/29 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class

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File: size10.clo 2014/09/29 v1.4h Standard LaTeX file (size option)

)

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)

l@canadian = a dialect from languagel@american 

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! LaTeX Error: Missing begin{document}.



See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.

Type  H <return>  for immediate help.

 ...                                              



l.15 setlengthFrameSep{4pt}



? X



Here is how much of TeX's memory you used:

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 29i,0n,32p,335b,37s stack positions out of 5000i,500n,10000p,200000b,80000s

No pages of output.

I am new to LaTeX so please help me here.

Well you did not add in your given code that you are using class exam. So I added documentclass{exam} in the following MWE. If you are using special, for the issue relevant options for class exam please add them to your question.

Compiling then returns the error

! Undefined control sequence.

<argument> FrameSep 



l.17 setlengthFrameSep{4pt}

That means you missed to call package framed in your preamble with

usepackage{framed} 

The following complete MWE

documentclass{exam} % <================================================

%% Language and font encodings

usepackage[english]{babel}

usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}

usepackage[T1]{fontenc}



%% Sets page size and margins

usepackage[a4paper,margin=1cm]{geometry}



%% Useful packages

usepackage{amsmath}

usepackage{graphicx}

usepackage{paralist}



usepackage{framed} % <=================================================

setlengthFrameSep{4pt}





begin{document}

vspace{5mm}

begin{center}

fbox{fbox{parbox{2in}{centering

Quiz 1}}}



vspace{5mm}



makebox[textwidth]{Name:enspacehrulefill}

vspace{5mm}

makebox[textwidth]{Section:enspacehrulefill}

%questions being here



begin{questions}

    question[2]{Sample Question}

    begin{framed}

        begin{compactenum}[a.]

        item option 1.

        item Option 2.

        item option 3.

        item none of the above.

        end{compactenum}

end{framed}

end{questions}

end{center}

end{document} 

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