Introduction to Evolution Data Server
The Evolution Data Server package
provides a unified backend for programs that work with contacts,
tasks, and calendar information. It was originally developed for
Evolution (hence the name), but is
now used by other packages as well.
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Note
This package is known to build and work
properly using an LFS 13.0 platform.
Package Information
Additional Downloads
Evolution Data Server Dependencies
Required
libical-3.0.20, libsecret-0.21.7, and
nss-3.120.1
Recommended
gnome-online-accounts-3.56.4,
GLib-2.86.4 (with GObject Introspection),
GTK-3.24.51, GTK-4.20.3, ICU-78.2, libcanberra-0.30, libgweather-4.4.4,
Vala-0.56.18, and WebKitGTK-2.50.5
Optional
GTK-Doc-1.35.1, MIT
Kerberos V5-1.22.2, a MTA (that provides
a sendmail command),
OpenLDAP-2.6.12, Berkeley
DB (deprecated), and libphonenumber
Installation of Evolution Data Server
First, fix three security vulnerabilities that could lead to
crashes and arbitrary file deletion:
patch -Np1 -i ../evolution-data-server-3.58.3-security_fixes-1.patch
Install Evolution Data Server by
running the following commands:
mkdir build &&
cd build &&
cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
-D SYSCONF_INSTALL_DIR=/etc \
-D ENABLE_VALA_BINDINGS=ON \
-D ENABLE_INSTALLED_TESTS=ON \
-D WITH_OPENLDAP=OFF \
-D WITH_KRB5=OFF \
-D ENABLE_INTROSPECTION=ON \
-D ENABLE_GTK_DOC=OFF \
-D WITH_LIBDB=OFF \
-W no-dev -G Ninja .. &&
ninja
Now, as the root user:
ninja install
To test the results, issue: ninja
test.
Command Explanations
-D ENABLE_VALA_BINDINGS=ON:
This switch enables building the Vala bindings. Remove it if you
don't have Vala-0.56.18 installed.
-D ENABLE_GTK_DOC=OFF: This
switch disables building the API documentation. It is broken for
this package due to the use of a long deprecated gtk-doc program
that is no longer available.
-D WITH_KRB5=OFF: This
switch allows building this package without MIT
Kerberos V5-1.22.2. If you need Kerberos support in this
package, for example to connect to a corporate network, change this
switch from OFF to ON.
-D WITH_LIBDB=OFF: This
switch allows building this package without Berkeley
DB (deprecated). sqlite is used for normal operation.
-D ENABLE_OAUTH2_WEBKITGTK4=OFF: Use
this switch if you did not build WebKitGTK-2.50.5
with GTK-4.
Note
To enable many of the optional dependencies, review the
information from cmake -L
CMakeLists.txt for the necessary parameters you
must pass to the cmake command.
Contents
Installed Programs:
None
Installed Libraries:
libcamel-1.2.so, libebackend-1.2.so,
libebook-1.2.so, libebook-contacts-1.2.so, libecal-2.0.so,
libedata-book-1.2.so, libedata-cal-2.0.so,
libedataserver-1.2.so, libedataserverui-1.2.so,
libedataserverui4-1.0.so, and libetestserverutils.so
Installed Directories:
/usr/include/evolution-data-server,
/usr/lib{,exec}/evolution-data-server,
/usr/share/evolution-data-server,
/usr/share/installed-tests/evolution-data-server, and
/usr/share/pixmaps/evolution-data-server
Short Descriptions
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libcamel-1.2.so
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is the Evolution MIME
message handling library
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libebackend-1.2.so
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is the utility library for Evolution Data Server Backends
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libebook-1.2.so
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is the client library for Evolution address books
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libebook-contacts-1.2.so
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is the client library for Evolution contacts
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libecal-1.2.so
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is the client library for Evolution calendars
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libedata-book-1.2.so
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is the backend library for Evolution address books
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libedata-cal-1.2.so
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is the backend library for Evolution calendars
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libedataserver-1.2.so
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is the utility library for Evolution Data Server
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libedataserverui-3.0.so
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is the GUI utility library for Evolution Data Server
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libedataserverui4-1.0.so
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is the GTK-4 based GUI utility library for Evolution Data Server
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libetestserverutils.so
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is the server test utility library for Evolution Data Server
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