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!

@bakgwailo, thanks for your feedback.

I'm using KDE Plasma. I tried with version 5 and recently with version 6 and it works well with both. I cannot guess what your issue is given the little info you provided. Please share as much info as you can to see if figure out what's going on. As a suggestion, please try removing or renaming your existing ~/.config/bcompare folder. BC5 creates a new ~/.config/bcompare5 folder. If you have it, please delete it too and try again with a clean environment.

I hope it helps!

@Musikolo

thank you for the 5 beta option. After getting the package built, though, it pops up the trial nag screen saying that the trial information is missing or corrupt. Manual install using the install script works, so maybe the package build is missing some file copying or something

For those interested in trying out Beyond Compare 5 Beta, a new file named PKGBUILD_BC5_BETA has been added. To use it, just issue the following command line:

makepkg -crsp PKGBUILD_BC5_BETA

NOTE: Please DO NOT flag this package for new beta releases.

Beyond Compare 5 is in beta, it would be cool to have a PKGBUILD for it in anticipation of its release

https://www.scootersoftware.com/home/v5whatsnew

Ok, solved. I had to restart dolphin.

There was an old bcompare entry. that did not work. any idea how to remove this entry?

Could you please add the following directions to Tools/options: Tools/options/startup - and restart dolphin.

thank you very much.

Thanks.

The setting in bcompare is what I could not find. Where is it? Tools/options, and then?

Ah, found it: Startup. But still does not work.

could you please check where your kde_context_menu is placed in the file system?

my arch is a fresh install, but I manually installed the bcompare DEB into /usr/local previously (everything removed already). So, I will try a new user.

Hi @JPT48,

I've been looking into the issue you mentioned, and I didn't find any issues on my end when comparing files and folders with dolphin. Everything works correctly to me.

One thing I've noticed is that you're getting an error for a file that's deleted in the PKGBUILD script (https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=bcompare#n108) during the build process. I think you must have something cached or manually configured that uses that (old?) file.

Another thing you need to do is make sure you apply the printed steps after installing the bcompare-kde5 package, that is: It is necessary to enable the option 'Include Beyond Compare in file manager context menus' under 'Tools' -> 'Options' from Beyond Compare interface and restart KDE Plasma.

To verify whether you have something wrong in your local configuration, I would recommend you to try out in with clean brand-new KDE profile. You could create a temporary new user in your computer, log in to KDE Plasma and see if the issue persists. Please make sure you follow the above mentioned steps, i.e., enable the option 'Include Beyond Compare in file manager context menus' and restart KDE Plasma (log out and log in back is enough).

I hope it helps!

Regards.

Hi, I just installed it and it works fine. Except the context menu from dolphin. To be honest, this never worked from Kubuntu. But since we have the possibility do some manual patching through this git, maybe we can finally make it work?

when I click "select left folder" in dolphin context menu, I get: Could not find the program '/usr/lib/beyondcompare/kde_context_menu'

the only similar file i find is in the source: bcompare-4.4.7.28397/kde_context_menu.sh

but it's ".SH" so... does anybody know how this is meant to work? thanks

@xiota, I guess the same question applies for i686 architecture. Although you're certainly right, I see no reason why to discontinue offering what upstream supports. Since both architectures and environment desktops are packaged individually, everyone can pick and choose whatever they are interested in. Besides, we shouldn't forget about other Arch-based distros that could take advantage of it.

I hope it makes sense.

Should the -kde4 package be removed, since kde4 isn't available anymore.