Beyond Compare 4.1 and newer require matching package and OS architecture (amd64.deb or i386.deb). Beyond Compare 3 - 4.0.7 require the i386.deb package on all supported versions of Debian and Ubuntu (32-bit and 64-bit).
Beyond Compare 3 on Debian 7, 8 64-bit
Enable 32-bit architecture support:
<code class="hljs bash has-numbering" style="display: block; padding: 0px; background: transparent; color: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Code Pro", monospace;font-size:undefined; white-space: pre; border-radius: 0px; word-wrap: normal;"><span class="hljs-built_in" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 102); box-sizing: border-box;">sudo</span> dpkg --add-architecture i386</code><ul class="pre-numbering" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: absolute; width: 50px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); top: 0px; left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 40px; border-right: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); list-style: none; text-align: right;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 5px;">1</li></ul>
Download deb:
http://www.scootersoftware.com/download.php
Graphical Install
Double click on the .deb package to install using the graphical package manager.
Terminal Install
<code class="hljs bash has-numbering" style="display: block; padding: 0px; background: transparent; color: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Code Pro", monospace;font-size:undefined; white-space: pre; border-radius: 0px; word-wrap: normal;"><span class="hljs-built_in" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 102); box-sizing: border-box;">sudo</span> apt-get update
<span class="hljs-built_in" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 102); box-sizing: border-box;">sudo</span> apt-get install gdebi
<span class="hljs-built_in" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 102); box-sizing: border-box;">sudo</span> gdebi bcompare-<span class="hljs-number" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 102); box-sizing: border-box;">4.1</span>.<span class="hljs-number" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 102); box-sizing: border-box;">6.21095</span>_amd64.deb</code><ul class="pre-numbering" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: absolute; width: 50px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); top: 0px; left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 40px; border-right: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); list-style: none; text-align: right;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 5px;">1</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 5px;">2</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 5px;">3</li></ul>
Terminal Uninstall
<code class="hljs bash has-numbering" style="display: block; padding: 0px; background: transparent; color: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Code Pro", monospace;font-size:undefined; white-space: pre; border-radius: 0px; word-wrap: normal;"><span class="hljs-built_in" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 102); box-sizing: border-box;">sudo</span> apt-get remove bcompare</code>