Package Details: bcompare 5.1.6.31527-2

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/bcompare.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: bcompare
Description: Beyond Compare 5: Compare, sync, and merge files and folders.
Upstream URL: https://www.scootersoftware.com
Keywords: compare diff
Licenses: custom
Groups: utility
Submitter: Musikolo
Maintainer: Musikolo
Last Packager: Musikolo
Votes: 103
Popularity: 0.46
First Submitted: 2011-07-27 22:54 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2025-10-31 22:15 (UTC)

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Musikolo commented on 2024-08-25 07:07 (UTC) (edited on 2024-10-16 03:55 (UTC) by Musikolo)

You can build the last version of Beyond Compare v4 I packaged (4.4.7.28397) by doing this:

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/bcompare.git/
cd bcompare
git checkout dcf8794f1301c9213558b2583a956c04cf2a2135
makepkg -crs

Since you have a license for v4, you might be interested in looking at the upgrade policy at https://www.scootersoftware.com/kb/upgradepolicy .

I hope it helps!

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Musikolo commented on 2025-10-31 22:17 (UTC)

Hi @demm,

Thanks for bringing this up! The issue should be fixed now. Please let me know if anything else is needed.

Regards.

Musikolo commented on 2025-10-31 21:46 (UTC)

Hi @JP48,

I don't know what build tools you're using, but yay, paru and other AUR helpers aren't officially supported. Please try the following and install the packages you need:

wget https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/snapshot/bcompare.tar.gz && tar xfz bcompare.tar.gz && cd bcompare && makepkg -crs

I hope it helps.

demm commented on 2025-10-31 11:37 (UTC)

The nautilus v3 extension does not work (for me) anymore.

Instead, of installing ext/bcompare-ext-nautilus.amd64.so to /usr/lib/nautilus/extensions-3.0/bcompare-ext-nautilus.so, the v4 extension from ext/bcompare-ext-nautilus.amd64.so.ext4 should be installed to /usr/lib/nautilus/extensions-4/bcompare-ext-nautilus.amd64.so(note the removal of the .ext4 extension).

Thank you for maintaining this package!

JPT48 commented on 2025-10-31 10:46 (UTC) (edited on 2025-10-31 10:48 (UTC) by JPT48)

Thanks for your quick answer.

No, I neither have KDE5 nor bcompare-kde5 installed. removing bcompare-kde6 did not change anything. reinstalling bc-kde6 did not trigger kinit.

Warning: ksystemstats: local (6.4.0-1) is newer than extra (6.3.6-1)
Resolving dependencies...
Checking inter-conflicts...

To install (1):
kdoctools5  5.116.0-2      (Required By: kinit5)     extra  605.3 kB
To build (2):
bcompare    5.1.6.31527-1  (5.1.5.31310-2)           AUR
kinit5      5.116.0-4                                AUR
To remove (1):
kinit       5.116.0-1      (Conflicts With: kinit5)

Musikolo commented on 2025-10-31 02:16 (UTC) (edited on 2025-10-31 02:16 (UTC) by Musikolo)

@JPT48, kinit (now, kinit5) is only required by the bcompare-kde5 package. So, considering this fact, the options you have are as follows:

  1. If you use KDE Plasma 5, you need to build kinit5 from AUR to install bcompare-kde5 successfully.

  2. If you don't use Plasma 5, you should removebcompare-kde5 from your system, as you won't need it.

I hope that helps. Regards.

JPT48 commented on 2025-10-30 23:08 (UTC)

the recent update asks for kinit5 from AUR to replace kinit from core. I believe it's not a good idea to replace a core component?

is there a way to fix this?

thanks

koutheir commented on 2025-09-11 04:33 (UTC)

@Musikolo, I never intended to install bcompare-kde5, as I'm running KDE Plasma 6. I just wanted to inform you of the failure that happened when an automatic installation of it was attempted. I removed the package from my system.

Musikolo commented on 2025-09-11 03:19 (UTC)

@koutheir / @frankspace, please try the new bcompare-kde5 package and let me know if you ran into any further issues. Lastly, please note you'll need to build kinit5 dependency from AUR.

Regards.

koutheir commented on 2025-09-10 14:52 (UTC)

$ makepkg -i ... warning: cannot resolve "kinit", a dependency of "bcompare-kde5" :: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies: bcompare-kde5

frankspace commented on 2025-09-10 03:54 (UTC)

kinit has seemingly been dropped from repositories, but there's a kinit5 AUR package now that seems to be exactly the same thing but renamed.

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