I thought it was awesome that Ubuntu 16.04 shipped with gnome-calendar, but I noticed that holidays were not included. I also noticed that there is an option to sync the calendar with an online one, how do I do this? I don't know of any online calendars I could use.
Gnome Calendar – How to Sync with Online Calendar
calendarsync
Best Answer
You can achieve that using the
gnome control center
in Ubuntu:Type
gnome-control-center
intodash
, settings will appear select that and selectonline account
:Then add your google account by clicking the plus sign at the bottom of the dialogue window that appears:
Then turn the calendar associated with that gmail account on, and this should sync it with Ubuntu Calendar.:
If you want more Calendars set it up in Calendar in google from the
settings options
top right corner of calendar page.Google has changed how apps communicate with your google account so you have to setup your phone from here else you won't be able to add an account.
Set up Google Account Calendar sync
Go to google calendar:
Get to
settings
, top right of page:In ther click on the
Calendars tab
, top left of page:In there click on
export calendars
:That will export your calendar in a
.ics
file format. Now Lets instructCalendar
to sync back in Ubuntu desktop.Instruct Calendar to sync with downloaded
.ics
fileExtract the downloaded
.ics
fileStart up
Calendar
and click onCalendar Settings
Form the dialogue box that appears select
from file
Navigate to that extracted
.ics
file location, select it and choose the one without the #[tag] at the start of the name.Back in Calendar select
synchronize
and make sure your internet is working and after a few minutes your synced calendars will appear.