How To Install Beyond Compare On Ubuntu 16.04
To Install Beyond Compare on Ubuntu
Beyond Compare is a cross-platform data comparison application used for quick and easy comparison for files and folders. This tutorial will help you with the installation process of Beyond Compare on Ubuntu. It compares several directories such as FTP and SFTP directories, Dropbox directories, Amazon S3 directories, and archives.
Beyond Compare is simple and easy to install. Earlier, we have covered the installation of Beyond Compare on other distributions such as OpenSUSE and CentOS, now in this tutorial let us see its installation of Beyond Compare on Ubuntu.
Installing Beyond Compare
Initiate the Beyond Compare installation process by downloading its package by invoking the following command.
root@linuxhelp1:~# wget http://www.scootersoftware.com/bcompare-4.1.9.21719_amd64.deb
--2016-12-09 06:29:17-- http://www.scootersoftware.com/bcompare-4.1.9.21719_amd64.deb
Resolving www.scootersoftware.com (www.scootersoftware.com)... 72.32.90.251
Connecting to www.scootersoftware.com (www.scootersoftware.com)|72.32.90.251|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 14656302 (14M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘ bcompare-4.1.9.21719_amd64.deb’
bcompare-4.1.9.21719_amd64.deb 100%[==========================================================> ] 13.98M 248KB/s in 58s
2016-12-09 06:30:16 (249 KB/s) - ‘ bcompare-4.1.9.21719_amd64.deb’ saved [14656302/14656302]
Once the package is downloaded, update the system by running the following command.
root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Now install the gdebi package which is essential to install Beyond Compare.
root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install gdebi-core -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
gdebi-core
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 438 not upgraded.
Need to get 9,716 B of archives.
After this operation, 135 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 gdebi-core all 0.9.5.7ubuntu1 [9,716 B]
Fetched 9,716 B in 0s (24.3 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package gdebi-core.
(Reading database ... 173836 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../gdebi-core_0.9.5.7ubuntu1_all.deb ...
Unpacking gdebi-core (0.9.5.7ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Setting up gdebi-core (0.9.5.7ubuntu1) ...
Now is the time to install Beyond Compare by invoking the following command.
root@linuxhelp1:~# gdebi bcompare-4.1.9.21719_amd64.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading state information... Done
Requires the installation of the following packages: libqt4-opengl libqtwebkit4
Beyond Compare 4
Beyond Compare is a powerful time-saving utility for comparing files and
folders.
Use it to manage source code, keep folders in sync, compare program output,
and validate copies of your data. Beyond Compare can create a snapshot of a
live directory structure, and compare it against the live copy at a later
date.
Beyond Compare helps you analyze differences in detail and carefully reconcile
them. It commands a wide range of file and text operations, as well as script
commands for automating tasks.
Do you want to install the software package? [y/N]:y
Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 libqt4-opengl amd64 4:4.8.7+dfsg-5ubuntu2 [301 kB]
Get:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 libqtwebkit4 amd64 2.3.2-0ubuntu11 [9034 kB]
Fetched 9334 kB in 6s (158 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package libqt4-opengl:amd64.
(Reading database ... 173850 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libqt4-opengl_4%3a4.8.7+dfsg-5ubuntu2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libqt4-opengl:amd64 (4:4.8.7+dfsg-5ubuntu2) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libqtwebkit4:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../libqtwebkit4_2.3.2-0ubuntu11_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libqtwebkit4:amd64 (2.3.2-0ubuntu11) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
Setting up libqt4-opengl:amd64 (4:4.8.7+dfsg-5ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libqtwebkit4:amd64 (2.3.2-0ubuntu11) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
Selecting previously unselected package bcompare.
(Reading database ... 173865 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack bcompare-4.1.9.21719_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking bcompare (4.1.9-21719) ...
Setting up bcompare (4.1.9-21719) ...
OK
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.5-2) ...
Beyond compare has been installed. Enter beyond compare on your search bar, you will see the icon of Beyond Compare, click on it to launch it.
The Beyond compare dashboard looks as follows.
You can remove the Beyond Compare application from your system by running the following command.
root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get remove bcompare -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libqt4-opengl libqtwebkit4
Use ' sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
bcompare
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 438 not upgraded.
After this operation, 45.6 MB disk space will be freed.
(Reading database ... 174371 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing bcompare (4.1.9-21719) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.5-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
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