Google Calendar provider is missing in Thunderbird 68.2.1 in bionic-proposed

[Amr Ibrahim]

The Google Calendar provider is missing in Thunderbird 68.2.1 in bionic-proposed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: xul-ext-lightning 1:68.2.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-32.34~18.04.2-generic 5.0.21
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-32-generic x86_64
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: amr 2089 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20191031185816
Channel: Unavailable
CurrentDesktop: communitheme:ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Nov 11 17:19:31 2019
Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite)
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-11-29 (346 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
IpRoute:
 default via 141.23.192.1 dev wlp6s0 proto dhcp metric 600
 141.23.192.0/19 dev wlp6s0 proto kernel scope link src 141.23.216.93 metric 600
 169.254.0.0/16 dev virbr0 scope link metric 1000 linkdown
 192.168.122.0/24 dev virbr0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.122.1 linkdown
Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
MostRecentCrashID: bp-b6869c51-47ea-4d0c-b5a8-08b020190419
PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/thunderbird/omni.ja:greprefs.js:1141
PrefSources: prefs.js
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=68.2.1/20191031185816 (In use)
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: thunderbird
SubmittedCrashIDs: bp-b6869c51-47ea-4d0c-b5a8-08b020190419
Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 06/03/2019
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: R0QET57W (1.34 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 20LTS01800
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Defined
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: None
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrR0QET57W(1.34):bd06/03/2019:svnLENOVO:pn20LTS01800:pvrThinkPadL480:rvnLENOVO:rn20LTS01800:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNone:
dmi.product.family: ThinkPad L480
dmi.product.name: 20LTS01800
dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_MT_20LT_BU_Think_FM_ThinkPad L480
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad L480
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

The Google calendar provider used to be installed by the xul-ext-gdata-provider binary package, but it's nowadays an empty transitional package. It was removed in version 60.0 (see https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mozillateam/thunderbird/thunderbird.bionic/revision/446), so this is not a regression.

You can install it from addons.thunderbird.net: https://addons.thunderbird.net/thunderbird/addon/provider-for-google-calendar/ (the version there should be compatible with thunderbird 68.2.1.