akonadi-kde-resource-googledata always says invalid password unable to add google contact and calendar

[bigbrovar]

After installing kubuntu 11.04 (64bit) beta (with the latest updates) I installed the akonadi google resource. But when I tried to configure them for korganiser and kaddress book, I got a invalid password. I carefully typed in my passwords many times but the result were the same. After restarting akonadi, the "invalid password" message changed to "ready" still I am unable to sync my contact or address book from google.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: akonadi-kde-resource-googledata 1.2.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Apr 24 10:50:01 2011
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110421)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_NG:en
 LANG=en_NG
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: akonadi-googledata
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[bigbrovar (bigbrovar)]

I think the problem here is that of packaging, something is broken in the way akonadi-googledata and libgcal is packaged on Kubuntu Natty. I recompiled both pacakges from source doing the following

first remove your current akonadi gcal resource entry (if you still have one)
in the akonadi system settings module. then open a konsole and:

~$ sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
~$ mkdir builds
~$ cd builds
~/builds$ apt-get source libgcal
~/builds$ sudo apt-get build-dep libgcal
~/builds$ apt-get source akonadi-googledata
~/builds$ sudo apt-get build-dep akonadi-googledata
~/builds$ cd libgcal-0.9.6
~/builds/libgcal-0.9.6$ ./configure
~/builds/libgcal-0.9.6$ make
~/builds/libgcal-0.9.6$ sudo make install
~/builds/libgcal-0.9.6$ cd ..
~/builds$ cd akonadi-googledata-1.2.0
~/builds/akonadi-googledata-1.2.0$ mkdir builds
~/builds/akonadi-googledata-1.2.0$ cd builds
~/builds/akonadi-googledata-1.2.0/builds$ cmake ..
~/builds/akonadi-googledata-1.2.0/builds$ make
~/builds/akonadi-googledata-1.2.0/builds$ sudo make install

and when I rebooted the invalid password issue were gone and syncing is possible again. I could see my google contacts in kaddressbook and my google calendars in korganiser. the guide I followed was based on this bug report http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=264861#c27 and this comment http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=264861#c26