How to Make Google Calendar work with Kontact

[CogSci]

This is what I to get everything running nicely:

sudo apt-get install cmake kdelibs5-dev kdepimlibs5-dev libqjson-dev libphonon-dev xsltproc
git clone git://anongit.kde.org/akonadi-google
cd akonadi-google
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ../ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
make
sudo make install

I got stuck at the second command line:
klaus@Socrates:~$ git clone git://anongit.kde.org/akonadi-google
Cloning into 'akonadi-google'...
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
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Any ideas what to do now?

[pnunn]

Hi Steve,

I just installed the new stuff here and its working fantastically. Previously I'd used akonadi-googledata and it worked OK for contacts (not for calendar, which I had going with dav), but this interface seems to be much more stable.

Peter.

[SteveRiley]

Does anyone know if this work for contacts as well? I seem to have calendar working ok through dav but I can't get contacts working through akondai-googledata.

What steps are you taking to try to get it to work?

[pnunn]

Fantastic. Just installed from ppa, and as everyone says, why is this hidden?? Its like the fonts setup by infinality, SO much better than the default.

Great stuff, this is finally becoming a really really usable system.

Thanks guys.

Peter.

[TheMacster]

Does anyone know if this work for contacts as well? I seem to have calendar working ok through dav but I can't get contacts working through akondai-googledata.

Ta

Peter.

Works for me

[TheMacster]

Hi
I posted About the TheMacSter's fix at KDE forums.

great job TheMacSter and all

woodsmoke

Nice one. Thanks

[pnunn]

Does anyone know if this work for contacts as well? I seem to have calendar working ok through dav but I can't get contacts working through akondai-googledata.

Ta

Peter.

[woodsmoke]

Hi
I posted About the TheMacSter's fix at KDE forums.

great job TheMacSter and all

woodsmoke

[woodsmoke]

I've had this fix running for a couple of months now, and I'd say it's perfect really. Shame its so well hidden.

Shame it is so well hidden......I totally agree ....i mean the information that is actually relevant to the whole Akonadi, Kontact, you name it, stuff is buried all over the place and when it is collected into one place the presentation is so turgid as to be next to worthless.

It certainly seems to work for moi.

This thread maybe oughta be made a sticky by somebody.

woodsmoke

[TheMacster]

Just a quick note.

I've just done a fresh install and went for the ppa as trying to clone into git was hanging up all the time for me.

I'm pleased to say that the AMD build installed nicely.

[TheMacster]

Well thanks for this post TheMacster, I just added the ppa and installed.
Added my google calendar. It worked first time.
Kontact just became even better

You're welcome

I've added the ppa too. It appears that the AMD builds are screwed at the mo, so if anyone is on an AMD machine, I recommend compiling from source as detailed in my 1st post.

[Batty]

Well thanks for this post TheMacster, I just added the ppa and installed.
Added my google calendar. It worked first time.
Kontact just became even better

[TheMacster]

Its not the akonadi google calendar that you need to add. Click add calendar and scroll down a bit on the pop up window until you see Google Calendar. Add that and all should be fine

[jeffbarish]

When I create an event in Kontact, I get the notification:

akonadi_googlecalendar_resource_0: The top-level collection cannot contain any tasks or events

and the event never appears in Google calendar. Has anyone else seen this?

Otherwise, akonadi-google is working nicely and it was easy to install from the ppa.

[claydoh]

I've been struggling for ages with akonadi-googledata.
This stuff is amazing !
Why isn't this package (which works great, afaik) in the repos when akonadi-googledata is?

Because it was released rather late in relation to 12.04's development cycle so did not get tested enough before the final feature freeze. I think it could easily be included in any future KDE version updates in Kubuntu's PPAs, however.