Package Details: bcompare-cinnamon 5.2.1.32035-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/bcompare.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: bcompare
Description: Cinnamon service menus for Beyond Compare 5.
Upstream URL: https://www.scootersoftware.com
Keywords: compare diff
Licenses: custom
Groups: utility
Submitter: Musikolo
Maintainer: Musikolo
Last Packager: Musikolo
Votes: 107
Popularity: 1.45
First Submitted: 2011-07-27 22:54 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2026-03-25 00:14 (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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snowcrash79 commented on 2026-03-11 09:57 (UTC)

Hi @Musikolo, bcompare has been updated to Qt 6, so now it needs qt6-base in 'depends='. qt6-base will install fontconfig and zlib too. qt5-x11extras might not be necessary, at least for the base package. Thank you!

Musikolo commented on 2026-01-31 05:00 (UTC)

Hi thn,

Since bcompare package is managed by pacman, it only supports updates through it. For the UI update function to work, it would require some sort of integration with the pacman package manager which I don't think it will ever be added.

Regards.

thn commented on 2026-01-29 10:08 (UTC)

Hello Musikolo, does the AUR package support the built-in update function of bcompare? When I click on "New version available" and then on "Click here to download" I get an "Error downloading file". Best, thn

Musikolo commented on 2025-12-29 02:32 (UTC)

I won't update to version 5.1.7.31736 because it only contains a couple of changes for Windows and macOS. Please find the change log at https://www.scootersoftware.com/download/v5changelog

Regards.

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.

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