I just tried to give evolution 3.19 a try. So I enabled (temporally) the gnome3-staging ppa, installed the evolutin 3.19 packages, but I still receive an error, when connecting to google address book:
GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._e_2dclient_2derror_2dquark.Code5: I also cannot add connect to google calendar: HTTP: auth error --------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is what I did on freshly updated ubuntu 16.04: [1] gnome3-staging ppa apt-add-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging apt-get update [2] install aptitude (better in this case for updating) apt install aptitude [3] update evolution aptitude install evolution evolution-data-server-online-accounts evolution-plugins Die folgenden NEUEN Pakete werden zusätzlich installiert: libcamel-1.2-57{a} Die folgenden Pakete werden ENTFERNT: libcryptui0a{u} seahorse-daemon{u} Die folgenden Pakete werden aktualisiert: evolution evolution-common evolution-data-server evolution-data-server-common evolution-data-server-online-accounts evolution-plugins libedataserver-1.2-21 libevolution 8 Pakete aktualisiert, 1 zusätzlich installiert, 2 werden entfernt und 158 nicht aktualisiert. 0 B/13,2 MB an Archiven müssen heruntergeladen werden. Nach dem Entpacken werden 38,2 MB zusätzlich belegt sein. Möchten Sie fortsetzen? [Y/n/?] dpkg -l *evolution* | grep ii ii evolution 3.19.90-0ubuntu1~xenial2 amd64 groupware suite with mail client and organizer ii evolution-common 3.19.90-0ubuntu1~xenial2 all architecture independent files for Evolution ii evolution-data-server 3.19.90-0ubuntu1~xenial1 amd64 evolution database backend server ii evolution-data-server-common 3.19.90-0ubuntu1~xenial1 all architecture independent files for Evolution Data Server ii evolution-data-server-online-accounts 3.19.90-0ubuntu1~xenial1 amd64 evolution data server integration with Ubuntu Online Accounts ii evolution-plugins 3.19.90-0ubuntu1~xenial2 amd64 standard plugins for Evolution -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evolution in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1519098 Title: Error when trying to connect to Google online account. Status in Evolution: Invalid Status in evolution package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: On trying to connect to my Google online account, I received the following error message: Failed to connect address book 'Google : Barry' The requested resource was not found: https://developers.google.com/accounts/docs/AuthForInstalledApps On checking the above URL, I found this: "Important: ClientLogin has been officially deprecated since April 20, 2012 and is now no longer available. Requests to ClientLogin will fail with a HTTP 404 response. We encourage you to migrate to OAuth 2.0 as soon as possible". OAuth 2.0 is described at: https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/OAuth2 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: evolution 3.18.2-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-19.23-generic 4.2.6 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.2-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Nov 23 20:48:04 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-12 (11 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20151111) SourcePackage: evolution UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/evolution/+bug/1519098/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp