Posts Tagged calendar
Better than nothing I suppose
Ok so I can’t write to it but at least I can now view my Google Calendar in Thunderbird.
I installed Thunderbird2 from the Gutsy repo and that’s fine. But you try installing the Lightning 0.7 add-on. Won’t go. Apparently it’s because they are compiled by different sources. So I’ve had to make do with Lightning 0.5 (also from the Gutsy repo) which means I can’t use the ‘Provider’ plug-in to write to Google Calendar (it needs 0.7) but, hey, I’m happy with what I’ve got.
Google Calendar, why do you hate me so?!
*sob*
I’m have no luck at all this week end.
First was my KDE4 debacle and now an argument with Google Calendar!
I read a nice tutorial which was about getting Google Calendar working in Thunderbird.
‘That’d be handy’, says I.
Downloads the Lightning add-on for Thunderbird, which gives it a built in calendar, then downloaded the Provider add-on which allows Lightning to read and write to a Google calendar.
Installed Lightning first then Provider. Fine. Now to configure Provider. Gives it the Private XML URL and a calendar name and so on, click ‘Next’…
Nothing.
That’s odd.
*scratches head*
After a bit of detective work it seems that there’s a conflict between Lightning and Thunderbird due to Thunderbird having installed from the Gutsy repo’s and Lightning having come from the Mozilla site. Ah crap!
Time for Plan B: get Lightning from the Gutsy repo too!
Ah HA! See? I’m a smart cookie me…
Not so. The Lightning in the repo’s is v0.5. The Provider add-on needs v0.7 (the one on the Mozilla site).
Crap, crap and thrice CRAP.
I give up. No more Linux h4×0r1ng this weekend, screw it… 
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