Viewing Your Upcoming Calendar Events with Desklets in Linux Mint Mate 19.1

If you're looking for a way to view your upcoming calendar events directly on your Linux Mint Mate 19.1 desktop, desklets are the perfect solution. In this article, we'll show you how to set up and configure desklets to display your Google Calendar events.

Firstly, make sure that you have gcalendar installed on your system. If it doesn't work, a system restart may help the desklet detect gcalendar. If there is a warning sign in the 'Desklets' dialog, try to remove and add the desklet again.

Once authorized, gcalendar will start pulling events from your Google Calendar and displaying them in the terminal. For more details on how to authorize gcalendar, you can refer to this YouTube video: 'gcalendar Authorization'. This will open the Google Calendar OAuth page in your default browser.

You can install gcalendar in two ways - either from source or from PyPi. However, if you're new to Linux, it's recommended that you use the installation method provided by the developer of this desklet, which includes adding a PPA and installing from AUR. This will make the process simpler for you.

To add the PPA in Linux Mint, simply run the command `sudo add-apt-repository ppa:slgobinath/gcalendar`. After that, update your package list using `sudo apt update` and then install gcalendar using `sudo apt install python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-dateutil python3-oauth2client python3-googleapi`.

Please note that the PPA and AUR are not monitored by the Linux Mint team, so you're installing at your own discretion.

gcalendar is a free and open-source software developed by the same developer of this desklet. You can configure every aspect of the desklet using the configure dialog.

This desklet uses gcalendar to pull events from Google Calendar. With desklets in Linux Mint Mate 19.1, you can view your upcoming calendar events directly on your Cinnamon desktop. Simply add the desklet to your panel and customize its appearance to match your desktop theme.

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