Google calendar in akonadi

How can I use google calendar as an akonadi resource? On the net I find there should be support for it in kde 4.3 using extragear packages, but I cannot find such a package.
Thanks in advance!

toad wrote:At the risk of appearing totally dumb and getting told off for hijacking this thread - will akonadi then automatically update both google and korganizer calendars?
That's the idea. You edit one, and it gets sync'ed in the other.
toad wrote:If so, how do you do it?
Theoretically, you install the resource and select it in the KCM. I am not sure how well it works right now, though.
toad wrote:Just curious and interested in the power and scope of akonadi...
The concept is great. Basically, Akonadi will offer simple APIs for all kinds of personal information management programs to hook into data and syncronize changes. Akonadi plugins for IMAP, POP, Google data, addressbooks, etc. automatically enable all clients to use these mechanisms and provide for search and caching capabilities. Moreover, Nepomuk will be part of the whole thing and allow for semantic searches, automatic tagging, identification of different kinds of accounts (email, IM, ...) with identities, etc.
However, while the akonadi server itself is ready, there is a limited amount of plugins available right now and even less applications support it. KMail for example does not yet use it. Worse, data migration has not been fully worked out yet. This does not mean that you lose your data, but that certain Akonadi compatibility resources use e.g. the standard Maildir or Mbox files for your emails. Conversion to an Akonadi format (a database) is expected for KDE 4.4. Thus, if you use Akonadi now, you will have an extra server running, but few added features.

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