Hi
kudos1uk;
I never took care about the required packages.
I always install python-2.5-runtime.

So try out, and inform me on MY forums if You have more details about requirements.
So I will update the documentation page.
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About Dates:
Today, I installed it.
So my opinion:
- Dates events are very simple : no location fields for example....
- Dates does not support recurrent events, so it is very difficult to sync with Google Calendar (it support many kinds of events)
- Dates uses EDS, there is no serious way to write in EDS with Python
- The Dates operations are very "dark" : We don't know where is the database, I didn't find documentation about EDS, etc...

So, because these reasons, I'm not interested to work on a Dates version of Erminig in the next weeks (September ?... or never ....)

About Contacts :
It is based on EDS, and it is very useful : this is the core of the contacts management on the IT.
But, like Dates, there is no serious way to access to EDS with python.

About GPE Contacts
Like GPE Calendar, it is works with a Sqlite database,
So, It is very easy to work with GPE Contacts.

But :
There is no way to access to Gmail Contacts with the Google APIs.

You will think this post is not a good news.
So a litte gift, th probably roadmap of erminig :
- proxies support
- new nicer interface
- possibility to update all profiles with one click...

David.