[kalarm] [Bug 524187] Calendars should be created and enabled automatically

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=524187

--- Comment #16 from Ganton <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to David Jarvie from comment #15)
> It shouldn't actually matter if Akonadi is disabled when you run kalarm the
> first time - in that case the migration is supposed to just fail and kalarm
> should then create the calendar files, although clearly something is going
> wrong there. When you say that Akonadi is initially disabled in Kubuntu, do
> you mean that it is actually prevented from running, or is it just waiting
> for an application to activate it?

It looks like Akonadi is waiting for an application to activate it. After
installing kalarm, Akonadi works. These tests can help:
```
$ LANG=C akonadictl status
Command 'akonadictl' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install akonadi-server
$ dpkg -l | grep -i akonadi
$ LANG=C kalarm
Command 'kalarm' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install kalarm
$ sudo apt install kalarm -y
...
$ akonadictl status
Akonadi Control: stopped
Akonadi Server: stopped
Akonadi Server Search Support: available (Remote Search)
Available Agent Types: No agent types found!
$ dpkg -l | grep -i akonadi
ii  akonadi-backend-sqlite                                   4:25.12.3-0ubuntu1
                        all          SQLite storage backend for Akonadi
ii  akonadi-contacts-data                                    4:25.12.3-0ubuntu1
                        all          Akonadi contacts access library - data
files
ii  akonadi-mime-data                                        4:25.12.3-0ubuntu1
                        all          Akonadi MIME handling library - data files
ii  akonadi-server                                           4:25.12.3-0ubuntu1
                        amd64        Akonadi PIM storage service
ii  libakonadi-data                                          4:25.12.3-0ubuntu1
                        all          Akonadi arch independent data
ii  libkpim6akonadicontactcore6:amd64                        4:25.12.3-0ubuntu1
                        amd64        Akonadi contacts access library - core
library
ii  libkpim6akonadicontactwidgets6:amd64                     4:25.12.3-0ubuntu1
                        amd64        Akonadi contact access library - widgets
library
ii  libkpim6akonadicore6:amd64                               4:25.12.3-0ubuntu1
                        amd64        Akonadi core library
ii  libkpim6akonadimime6:amd64                               4:25.12.3-0ubuntu1
                        amd64        Akonadi MIME handling library
ii  libkpim6akonadiprivate6:amd64                            4:25.12.3-0ubuntu1
                        amd64        libraries for the Akonadi PIM storage
service
ii  libkpim6akonadiwidgets6:amd64                            4:25.12.3-0ubuntu1
                        amd64        Akonadi widgets library
$ ps aux | grep akonadi
user       95315  0.0  0.0  11936  2680 pts/2    S+   20:27   0:00 grep
--color=auto akonadi
$ ps aux | grep [a]konadi
$ kalarm &
...
$ ps aux | grep [a]konadi
user       95349  2.0  3.3 1519796 134180 ?      Sl   20:27   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_control
user       95381  1.1  0.8 704132 35520 ?        Sl   20:27   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadiserver
$ akonadictl status
Akonadi Control: running
Akonadi Server: running
Akonadi Server Search Support: available (Remote Search)
Available Agent Types: No agent types found!
```

> I forgot that once the calendar files exist, you can then enable the Akonadi
> plugin if you wish without ill effect (unless of course you don't like
> Akonadi, which has its own problems).

I don't need Akonadi, so I stop it.

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