how to install/use kmail without f**kn akonadi and mysql?

[step]

Can someone tell me how I can install and use my favorite mail client mail, without mysql and this joke called akonadi?

[pingufunkybeat]

Which version?

KMail and the rest of KDE PIM are migrating to Akonadi for good.

[phajdan.jr]

[Etal]

[wrc1944]

Apparently the Gentoo default is now sqlite instead of mysql. I made the switch on an ~x86 box, and kmail still works with kde-4.5.2 (but using 4.4.6 kmail and deps).
In my case, before I switched over to sqlite, when akonadi-server came up first, the dialog box listed several mysql errors, so i figured why not try sqlite. Also, When I closed the akonadi dialog mysql error box, kmail immediately vanishes. However, if I just reopen kmail it works normally.

After switching to sqlite (requires rebuilding a few pkgs including qt-sql, and editing akonadiserverrc, changing to DRIVER=SQLITE3), the akonodi-server dialog startup box no longer reports the mysql errors, but still crashes kmail when I close the box.

I also had dbus/nepomuk errors, but after running two commands I found on a Ubuntu page (forget where, and am not on that box right now), it ran a routine rebuilding a bunch of db stuff (I think), and now no more nepomuk/dbus errors in the akonadiserver dialog box, and everything seems to run "smoother."

However, closing the akonadi box still crashes kmail, and I have to restart kmail. Anyone seeing this weird kmail crash?

EDIT: Forgot- I also needed to add sqlite and -mysql to etc/package.use. IIRC, it was akonadi-server and akonadi, but I'm not sure on that and can't check right now.

OK- for package.use that was:

[drhirsch]

I used "-semantic-desktop" and removed kmail and pimlibs etc. completly, a step I should have taken long before. I am now using thunderbird (migrating my 10k mails) and good riddance to kmail, which has become rather atrocious over the years.

[gorkypl]

[Muso]

While I do prefer Sylpheed (and sylpheed claws), I think the OP wants to keep kmail.


Though if he's willing to try something else, claws is a good alternative.
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[philip]

wrc1944 wrote:

[wrc1944]

After changing the USE flags in /etc/portage/package.use as mentioned above, and editing akonadiserverrc, I rebuilt akonadi, akonadi-server, and qt-sql. Also probably a good idea to do an emerge -DN @world just in case the USE flags additions affect any other packages.

However, the switch to sqlite didn't solve my kmail crash on initial startup, and i still have to restart kmail after closing the akonadi dialog box that pops up when I start kmail the first time. Either this is a bug in kmail and/or akonadi, or I still have something configured wrong on my system. In any case, kmail works normally after I restart the 2nd time.
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[albright]

you can avoid the kmail crash if you run "akonadictl start" - I expect
you could put this in a script and let kde run it at startup
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[iss]

[wrc1944]

@iss,
Good to know you are having better kmail experiences.

@albright,
Thanks much for the tip- I did akonadictl start (as user) before opening kmail. It worked, and I no longer get the akonadi dialog box with the test results. Where should I put the script? Or edit an existing config file? I assume somewhere in /home/wrc, as I ran it manually as my user, and it worked.

Apparently I still have two little problems. A "deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface," and at the bottom a "Failed to get outbox folder and Unknown resorce." I'm running portage qt-4.6.3 packages on this box. I doubt it, but maybe it's time to unmask and move to qt-4.7? Any thoughts on these? Do I need to rebuild the akonadi.db after I changed to sqlite?

[albright]

[step]

Thank you for all the instructions. I'll see if I can get it running.

If not, big fat "F*** YOU!" greetings must go to akonadi team and all those people who fracked up the kmail, followed by ... -C kmail

"semantic desktop" ha ha ha, what a pathetic joke!

[Ant P.]

Someone should make a kmail-lite, then when everyone's moved over to that, the existing kmail can be renamed to klotusnotes.

[der bastler]