Comments on: Using Google Calendar from the Linux Command Line

By: Pepe

Pepe — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 11:12:01 +0000

Hi there,

Does this work with your predefined e-mail in ubuntu? – sorry starting in linux machines…

I get this error, obviously I have not set any e-mail…
xx@zzz:~$ gcalcli agenda
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/bin/gcalcli”, line 392, in
class gcalcli:
File “/usr/bin/gcalcli”, line 410, in gcalcli
dateParser = DateTimeParser()
File “/usr/bin/gcalcli”, line 335, in __init__
self.pdtCalendar = parsedatetime.Calendar();
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/parsedatetime/__init__.py”, line 216, in __init__
self.ptc = Constants()
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/parsedatetime/__init__.py”, line 1733, in __init__
self.locale = pdtLocales[‘icu’](self.localeID)
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/parsedatetime/pdt_locales.py”, line 151, in __init__
self.icu = pyicu.Locale(localeID)
icu.InvalidArgsError: (, ‘__init__’, (None,))

Any help?

By: Guerline

Guerline — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 01:00:30 +0000

I’m using a Meeting rule, in which I’ve selected PC Sync (since I sync with ouooltk on my pc), ticked Only for Busy’ items’ and put * for matching any event. The idea of course is to activate the rule whenever I’m in any Busy’ meeting (e.g. not for a free event like a birthday etc). The problem is, it seems to activate for Free calendar events as well. Is this just a limitation of the app or am I doing something wrong?

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:25:04 +0000

I’m with you on this Class II gui cli synergy. If you continue to find little gems and blog about them like this google calendar tool then we can get back to work instead of pointing and clicking our lives away. Now we need a Class II project manager tool.

By: Mike Miller

Mike Miller — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 11:52:24 +0000

I used synaptic to install on Ubuntu 9.10 and gcalcli commands failed with a “Traceback” error. Editing a single line of /usr/bin/gcalcli fixed it:

http://code.google.com/p/gcalcli/issues/detail?id=51

I think some people were thrown off by the intro showing Google Calendar in too small of a browser window. That isn’t a problem many of us are having. There are lots of other reasons for gcalcli. I’m loving it. I do use alpine and emacs, so thanks for that tip. Nice article!

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 20:11:47 +0000

RSG, I use tilda pretty much the same way. I have it mapped to F1.

By: RSG

RSG — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 19:47:38 +0000

Something that helps me is a program called tilda. Tilda is a popup terminal that you can call up with a single keystroke, or a combination. I don’t need to keep a terminal open all the time, and have to find it with the mouse, I just press a key and have an instant terminal ready. It’s very configurable. I can check my calendar quicker with this than I can with a mouse, and I also have the weather-utils program installed, with aliases defined, so I can get the current and forecast weather for several locations much quicker than I can through Firefox. I’m an EMS pilot, and I often need to get a weather report quickly before I accept a flight, and this is quick and easy. The command line isn’t for everyone, nor is it for everything, but it’s the best tool for me, for some things. I normally use Evolution for my calendar, and it shows my Google calendar, those of my family members, and also my private calendar, which has things I don’t necessarily want anyone else to see. But it’s not always the most convenient, so gcalcli is another convenient tool. Sometimes you need not just a hammer, but a hammer of a particular design, size, and weight.

By: bernarda

bernarda — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 19:00:17 +0000

George, as you have an old computer, you should download and install the alternative Ubuntu ISO. That has always worked for me, even in upgrading Ubuntu, for which the free CD they send me doesn’t work. This is at their website.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 01:46:24 +0000

Dan,you are correct! That CTRL-u think is pretty powerful mojo.

By: Nerf

Nerf — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 01:18:13 +0000

Also: the command line is a hell of a lot faster and more efficient. I use CLI programs 2-3 times more than GUI programs because both of my hands get to stay on the keyboard and I don’t lose workflow.

By: Nerf

Nerf — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 01:14:41 +0000

I hate a lot of what microshaft does simply because it sets itself up to be an inscrutable monopoly on the things that I enjoy doing, namely “Playing video games”. (If you want to see what a production linux computer can do in terms of gaming, look no further than the PS3, and that’s actually got significantly less power than one would expect.) I get much better hardware optimization with much lower overhead when I run linux. I use it when I virtualize windows servers for my classes. What I can’t understand is why these companies see linux users as thrifty and unreliable sources of income. Windows 7 is bloated and takes a significant amount of power to run. I run a Core-i7 laptop and it steals a good chunk of CPU time off the top of anything I run. Thank various gods that I don’t believe in that there are some very gifted programmers in the linux community.