Libreoffice won't connect to evolution contacts db

[sschuller]

The connection to the data source "contacts0" could not be established.

Error code: 1000

The driver class '' could not be loaded.

SQL Status: HY000

The driver class '' could not be loaded.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libreoffice-evolution 1:3.5.2-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic-pae 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Apr 30 16:35:30 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: libreoffice
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[sschuller (xsjsx-deactivatedaccount)]

Also does not work with "addressbook.db0" or any other evolution contacts list in either the .local directory or as saved in the Documents folder by Evolution.

[sschuller (xsjsx-deactivatedaccount)]

Note that:

/usr/lib/evolution/3.2/evolution-addressbook-export --format=csv >contacts.csv

does work to export the addressbook to a csv file in the home folder and that Libreoffice can link to that csv file, so this can be worked around manually.

[sschuller (xsjsx-deactivatedaccount)]

Ho-hum.
Nothing here.
I've used versions of Ubuntu since 8.04 and this has never worked as described and has never been fixed. Now Ubuntu has switched to Thunderbird and I see comments on the web that Libreoffice in Ububtu cannot hook to that addressbook, either. I guess the plan is to leave this broken forever.
Funny. Libreoffice as supplied by the LO group DOES work. Canonical takes that and breaks it before putting it in Ubuntu.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for libreoffice (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]