[OGo-Evolution] OGo - evolution connector uploaded in CVS

[Robert de Geus]

Hi Helge,
We are developing on Ubuntu dapper, I even think that Shreyas has even
advanced a bit. At this moment we are testing for evolution 2.6.1. 

For those who are not very used to Ubuntu this is the cookbook we use to
compile the connector:

As root:

apt-get update

install dev packages:

apt-get install evolution-dev evolution-data-server-dev

in some directory, get the sources of evolution. This step is only
needed to download all dependencies, the sources know what you need to
compile evolution and will tell you what to download:

apt-get source evolution
apt-get source evolution-data-server

To get all dependencies, cd in the evolution subtree

dpkg-buildpackage (it will complain about missing packages)
install packages with: apt-get install package-name

repeat this step until evolution starts compiling. You don't need to 
finish this. Do the same with evolution-data-server

Dapper has a lib dependency for evolution-plugin installed with version
2.6, the current connector looks for the 2.8 version. This can be solved
by creating a symlink in:
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/evolution-plugin-2.8.pc -> evolution-plugin-2.6.pc

Test if make can find the lib:
pkg-config --libs evolution-plugin-2.8

You now should be able to compile the connector.

Download the sources and run the following:

./configure --prefix=/usr
make
make install

as a normal user:
evolution --force-shutdown
evolution

In preferences, ad an new account and select opengroupware.org as a
driver. As a destination server enter the server name, you don't need to
enter complicated links here. Zidestore should run of course. We test on
one of the newest zidestore 1.5 versions.

gr.
Robert




On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 00:35 +0200, Helge Hess wrote:
> BTW: what kind of development environment do you use/recommend?
> 
> Is Sarge a viable base to try the connector or is it w/o hope? ;-)
> 
> I would like to avoid to install Evo/GNOME from source to try the  
> connector.
> 
> Greets,
>    Helge
> -- 
> Helge Hess
> http://docs.opengroupware.org/Members/helge/
> 
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