Arch Linux User Repository

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!

$ diff -rdN -U3 bcompare bcompare.new

diff '--color=auto' -rdN -U3 bcompare/PKGBUILD bcompare.new/PKGBUILD
--- bcompare/PKGBUILD   2026-07-23 06:06:28.000000000 -0400
+++ bcompare.new/PKGBUILD   2026-08-05 08:58:57.166413480 -0400
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@

 pkgbase=bcompare
 pkgname=('bcompare' 'bcompare-kde6' 'bcompare-kde5' 'bcompare-kde4' 'bcompare-nautilus' 'bcompare-thunar' 'bcompare-cinnamon' 'bcompare-mate')
-pkgver=5.2.4.32425
+pkgver=5.2.5.32528
 pkgrel=1
 arch=('x86_64')
 url='https://www.scootersoftware.com'
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 depends=('qt6-base')
 makedepends=('sed')
 source=("https://www.scootersoftware.com/files/${pkgbase}-${pkgver}.x86_64.tar.gz")
-sha256sums=('c1a050d3741e422e1f0fd270d2301d5087b9217cf5d91647da408231a5b09dcf')
+sha256sums=('aaa9967ca7b74bab9e1ccfad118c5417331c2c8ec26c4b8d05e8a41605f4a847')
 options=('!strip') # Do not strip binaries because it breaks them down

  prepare() {
diff '--color=auto' -rdN -U3 bcompare/.SRCINFO bcompare.new/.SRCINFO
--- bcompare/.SRCINFO   2026-07-23 06:06:28.000000000 -0400
+++ bcompare.new/.SRCINFO   2026-08-05 08:57:59.470552298 -0400
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-# Generated by mksrcinfo v8
-# Thu Jul 23 10:02:59 UTC 2026
 pkgbase = bcompare
-   pkgver = 5.2.4.32425
+   pkgver = 5.2.5.32528
    pkgrel = 1
    url = https://www.scootersoftware.com
    arch = x86_64
@@ -10,7 +8,7 @@
    makedepends = sed
    depends = qt6-base
    options = !strip
-   source = https://www.scootersoftware.com/files/bcompare-5.2.4.32425.x86_64.tar.gz
+   source = https://www.scootersoftware.com/files/bcompare-5.2.5.32528.x86_64.tar.gz
    sha256sums = c1a050d3741e422e1f0fd270d2301d5087b9217cf5d91647da408231a5b09dcf

 pkgname = bcompare
@@ -58,4 +56,3 @@
 pkgname = bcompare-mate
    pkgdesc = MATE service menus for Beyond Compare 5.
    depends = bcompare
-

AUR pushes are disabled currently, so packages cannot be updated. More info here. Thanks.

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!

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.

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

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.

Hi @demm,

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

Regards.

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.

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!