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Synchronizing Google Tools with Kontact

Saeid Zebardast — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:34:12 +0000

Hello

Introduction
Using online tools has many advantages. One of the most important of them is the information is accessible from anywhere and at any time.
One need that was occurred after using this tools is Synchronizing information with other applications and devices. such as Synchronizing contacts between Mobile, Web and PC.

* The following guide is tested on Kubuntu 9.10 with KDE 4.3.3 environment.

Synchronizing Google Tools with Kontact
Step 1
Installing akonadi-kde-resource-googledata package. The package is available in Ubuntu 9.10 and Debian repositories.

sudo aptitude install akonadi-kde-resource-googledata

Step 2
After installing akonadi-kde-resource-googledata package, you need to add Google resources to Akonadi. Open Akonadi Console:

akonadiconsole

Click Add on Agents tab. Add a `Akonadi Google Calendar Resource` for Google Calendar and add `Akonadi Google Contacts Resource` for Google Contacts.

— Add Google Resources to Akonadi Console

Enter your username without `@gmail.com` in the next window.

— Enter your username

Step 3
After adding a resources open Kontact application :

kontact

Add Contacts
Go to Contact section and add `Akonadi Google Resource` to address books:

— Add `Akonadi Google Resource` to Address Books

Add Calendar
Go to Calendar section and add `Akonadi Google Resource` to calendars:

— Add `Akonadi Google Resource` to calendars

done

P.S.
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I'm Senior software engineer with 5+ years of professional experience includes cross-platform proficiency with considerable knowledge of programming languages especially Java and programming paradigms such as OO and development methodologies. Also I'm MySQL DBA since 2006.

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Saeid Zebardast — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:20:08 +0000

Hey

One of the useful features when you are using email clients, is “adding attachment(s)” item in right click menu.

— Send files to email

This feature does not exist in default KDE 4.x version but adding this item is really piece of cake:

First, go to the service directory:

cd ~/.kde/share/kde4/services

Create file `email.desktop`:

touch email.desktop

Add below configuration commands.

for KMail

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
Icon=dolphin
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin,all/allfiles

Actions=Send_to_KMail
X-KDE-menu=Email
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel

[Desktop Action Send_to_KMail]
Name=Send file(s) with KMail
Exec=kmail --attach %U
Icon=kmail

for Thunderbird

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
Icon=dolphin
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin,all/allfiles

Actions=Send_to_Thunderbird
X-KDE-menu=Email
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel
Encoding=UTF-8
ServiceTypes=all/all

[Desktop Action Send_to_Thunderbird]
Name=Send file(s) with Thunderbird
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Now save the file and reopen the Dolphin file manager.
done!

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Saeid Zebardast — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:15:28 +0000

Instead of using a full-blown new virtual X for developing software you can use Xephyr to embed your KDE 4 session into your working KDE 3 or other X11 environment.

If you want to get a minimal KDE session up and running, just launch Xephyr (available in Kubuntu as xserver-xephyr; Gentoo users compile x11-base/xorg-server with USE=”kdrive”):

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export DISPLAY=:1
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For other X11 environment just change /path/to/kde4 like:

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/usr/bin/startkde &

/usr/bin/startxfce&

You can use “locate” command to find paths like:

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Saeid Zebardast — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:18:31 +0000

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