Beyond Compare stopped working on Ubuntu 14.04...

[mgeppert]

I’m not entirely sure what happened but one day BC4 was running great and the next day its like its not installed at all...
(I am running under Virtual Box)
I started to do all of the "sudo apt-get blah/blah". I suspect that made what ever the issue is worse.
Following the Install instructions here is where I am at:

bh44962@mgeppert-VirtualBox:~/Downloads$ sudo apt-get remove bcompare
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package 'bcompare' is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
bh44962@mgeppert-VirtualBox:~/Downloads$ sudo gdebi bcompare-4.0.7.19761_i386
bcompare-4.0.7.19761_i386(1).deb bcompare-4.0.7.19761_i386.deb
bh44962@mgeppert-VirtualBox:~/Downloads$ sudo gdebi bcompare-4.0.7.19761_i386.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done
Building data structures... Done
This package is uninstallable
Cannot install 'libstdc++6:i386'
bh44962@mgeppert-VirtualBox:~/Downloads$

Looking online for help I see all kinds of things about Ubuntu not behaving nicely with 32 bit apps running on 64 bit installs with the later releases but at the same time I see that BC4 was tested with Ubuntu 14.04...

Help!

[Chris]

Yes, I've verified that bcompare-4.0.7.19761_i386.deb installs and runs in a default install of Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit and 32-bit following the Linux Installation Instructions page from our website.

If you're running 64-bit Ubuntu 14.04, it should support 32-bit packages out of the box, but in case this setting was broken, you can try enabling 32-bit packages using the following command:
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

Then try running:
sudo apt-get update
sudo gdebi bcompare-4.0.7.19761_i386.deb

If "apt-get update" fixes the problem, it's possible the install failed because your local repository information was out of date.

[mgeppert]

I had tried that with no Joy...
So I run it again:

bh44962@mgeppert-VirtualBox:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
bh44962@mgeppert-VirtualBox:~/Downloads$ sudo apt-get update
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Ign http://www.scootersoftware.com bcompare4 InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates InRelease
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports InRelease
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg
Hit http://www.scootersoftware.com bcompare4 Release.gpg
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security Release.gpg [933 B]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates Release.gpg [933 B]
Get:3 http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg [72 B]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports Release.gpg
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security Release [63.5 kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release
Hit http://www.scootersoftware.com bcompare4 Release
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates Release [63.5 kB]
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports Release [63.5 kB]
Hit http://www.scootersoftware.com bcompare4/non-free amd64 Packages
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Sources [78.7 kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://www.scootersoftware.com bcompare4/non-free i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Sources
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Sources [2,061 B]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Sources
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Sources [20.9 kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main amd64 Packages
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse Sources [1,922 B]
Get:11 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted amd64 Packages [13.0 kB]
Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main amd64 Packages [259 kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages
Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted amd64 Packages [8,875 B]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted i386 Packages
Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe amd64 Packages [99.7 kB]
Get:15 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe i386 Packages [5,866 kB]
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://www.scootersoftware.com bcompare4/non-free Translation-en_US
Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [3,451 B]
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en
Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main i386 Packages [248 kB]
Ign http://www.scootersoftware.com bcompare4/non-free Translation-en
Get:18 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted i386 Packages [8,846 B]
Get:19 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe i386 Packages [99.7 kB]
Get:20 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse i386 Packages [3,643 B]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en
Get:21 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main Sources [194 kB]
Get:22 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted Sources [2,564 B]
Get:23 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe Sources [113 kB]
Get:24 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse Sources [4,775 B]
Get:25 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages [502 kB]
Get:26 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted amd64 Packages [9,238 B]
Get:27 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages [273 kB]
Get:28 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [11.7 kB]
Get:29 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main i386 Packages [491 kB]
Get:30 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted i386 Packages [9,256 B]
Get:31 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe i386 Packages [274 kB]
Get:32 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [11.9 kB]
Get:33 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main Translation-en [237 kB]
Get:34 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse Translation-en [6,076 B]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe Translation-en
Get:35 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main Sources [5,851 B]
Get:36 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/restricted Sources [28 B]
Get:37 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe Sources [24.7 kB]
Get:38 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/multiverse Sources [1,898 B]
Get:39 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main amd64 Packages [6,256 B]
Get:40 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/restricted amd64 Packages [28 B]
Get:41 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe amd64 Packages [28.5 kB]
Get:42 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/multiverse amd64 Packages [1,245 B]
Get:43 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main i386 Packages [6,285 B]
Get:44 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/restricted i386 Packages [28 B]
Get:45 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe i386 Packages [28.5 kB]
Get:46 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/multiverse i386 Packages [1,249 B]
Get:47 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main Translation-en [3,645 B]
Get:48 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/multiverse Translation-en [776 B]
Get:49 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/restricted Translation-en [14 B]
Get:50 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe Translation-en [25.3 kB]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_US
Fetched 9,180 kB in 14s (651 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
bh44962@mgeppert-VirtualBox:~/Downloads$ sudo gdebi bcompare-4.0.7.19761_i386.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done
Building data structures... Done
This package is uninstallable
Cannot install 'libstdc++6:i386'
bh44962@mgeppert-VirtualBox:~/Downloads$

[Chris]

What happens if you just try installing the dependency with the command "sudo apt-get install libstdc++6:i386"?

[mgeppert]

I get this:

bh44962@mgeppert-VirtualBox:~$ sudo apt-get install libstdc++6:i386
[sudo] password for bh44962:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
account-plugin-facebook : Depends: libaccount-plugin-generic-oauth but it is not going to be installed or
ubuntu-system-settings-online-accounts but it is not going to be installed
indicator-network : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: unity8 (>= 7.82) but it is not going to be installed
libapt-pkg4.12 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.6) but it is not going to be installed
libboost-iostreams1.54.0 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1) but it is not going to be installed
libboost-program-options1.54.0 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.4.0) but it is not going to be installed
libboost-serialization1.54.0 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.6) but it is not going to be installed
libboost-system1.54.0 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libcanberra-pulse : Depends: pulseaudio but it is not going to be installed
libcapnp-0.4.0 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.8) but it is not going to be installed
libcheese-gtk23 : Depends: libcheese7 (>= 3.4.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libclutter-1.0-0 (>= 1.13.2) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 (>= 0.91.8) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libcogl15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not going to be installed
libcontent-hub0 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libdee-qt5-3 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libegl1-mesa : Depends: libgbm1 (>= 7.11~1) but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: libegl1-mesa-drivers
libgeronimo-jpa-2.0-spec-java : Depends: aspectj but it is not going to be installed
libgflags2 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1) but it is not going to be installed
libgoogle-glog0 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libgsettings-qt1 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libhud-client2 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: hud (= 14.04+14.04.20140604-0ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed
libicu52 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.4.0) but it is not going to be installed
libjsoncpp0 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.4.0) but it is not going to be installed
libmediascanner-2.0-0 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.4.0) but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: mediascanner2.0 but it is not going to be installed
libmirclient7 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.8.1) but it is not going to be installed
libmirclientplatform-mesa : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.8) but it is not going to be installed
libmirplatform : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.5) but it is not going to be installed
libmirprotobuf0 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.4.0) but it is not going to be installed
libmirserver18 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.8.1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libmirplatformgraphics-mesa (= 0.1.8+14.04.20140411-0ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed or
libmirplatformgraphics-android (= 0.1.8+14.04.20140411-0ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed
libonline-accounts-client1 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libprocess-cpp1 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.8) but it is not going to be installed
libprotobuf8 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.3) but it is not going to be installed
libqdjango-db0 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libqgsttools-p1 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libqmenumodel0 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libqt5core5a : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libqt5dbus5 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libqt5gui5 : Depends: libgbm1 (>= 8.1~0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libqt5multimedia5 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libqt5multimedia5-plugins : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libqt5multimediaquick-p5 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libqt5multimediawidgets5 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libqt5network5 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libqt5opengl5 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libqt5qml5 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libqt5quick5 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libqt5sql5 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libqt5sql5-sqlite : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libqt5systeminfo5 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libqt5widgets5 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libqt5xmlpatterns5 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libsignon-qt5-1 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libsoup2.4-1 : Depends: glib-networking (>= 2.32.0) but it is not going to be installed
libsystemsettings1 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libthumbnailer0 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.8) but it is not going to be installed
libubuntu-download-manager-client0 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.5) but it is not going to be installed
libubuntu-download-manager-common0 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libubuntu-download-manager-priv0 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.5) but it is not going to be installed
libubuntu-platform-hardware-api1 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libunity-api0 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.6) but it is not going to be installed
libunity-scopes1 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.8.1) but it is not going to be installed
libusermetricsoutput1 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 : Depends: libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0 (= 2.4.8-1ubuntu1~ubuntu14.04.1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libenchant1c2a (>= 1.6.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libharfbuzz-icu0 (>= 0.9.18) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.8.1) but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: gstreamer1.0-plugins-good but it is not going to be installed
libzmq3 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1) but it is not going to be installed
libzmqpp3 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.8) but it is not going to be installed
qmenumodel-qml : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
qtdeclarative5-dee-plugin : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
qtdeclarative5-folderlistmodel-plugin : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
qtdeclarative5-gsettings1.0 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
qtdeclarative5-qtmultimedia-plugin : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
qtdeclarative5-qtquick2-plugin : Depends: libgl1-mesa-dri
Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
qtdeclarative5-ubuntu-content0.1 : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
qtdeclarative5-unity-notifications-plugin : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
qtdeclarative5-xmllistmodel-plugin : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
system-config-printer-gnome : Depends: packagekit-system-interface
thumbnailer-service : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.4.0) but it is not going to be installed
ubuntu-download-manager : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
unity-scope-scopes : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.8.1) but it is not going to be installed
usermetricsservice : Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
bh44962@mgeppert-VirtualBox:~$

[Aaron]

Hello,

libstdc is a very conventional, core package that many Linux systems either include out of the box or at least allow you to install.

With the error message: "Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming." would point that your distribution is either corrupted or has been modified in a very deliberate, limiting way. This would need to be fixed before you could install Beyond Compare (or, quite possibly, many other software packages).

This forum post might help remove and reset if it is a broken package:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/12484...-caused-by-hel

[mgeppert]

no apt.log exists, the directory is empty.

I have un-installed the 32 bit libraries and architect and reinstalled then with the same results.

[Dave_L]

What's the output from:

sudo apt-get -f install

[mgeppert]

Thanks so much for your help and patience...

bh44962@mgeppert-VirtualBox:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
[sudo] password for bh44962:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
bh44962@mgeppert-VirtualBox:~$

[mgeppert]

Hello? Anything else to try?

[Aaron]

Hello,

If you run:
sudo apt-get update

then attempt to double click or run the .deb installer, does this help? We have tested on 14.04 64bit, and we also haven't had any other reports of issue yet. I just booted up my own test machine, and used Software Updater to make sure I had all newest updates applied; after getting the updates BC4 installed without issue using the default Software Manager or gdebi.

[mgeppert]

I have been running for quiet awhile on 14.04 64 Bit. It was just recently that something happened. I can only assume it was one of the recent updates that made it stop working.

bh44962@mgeppert-VirtualBox:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for bh44962:
Ign http://www.scootersoftware.com bcompare4 InRelease
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security Release.gpg [933 B]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates InRelease
Hit http://www.scootersoftware.com bcompare4 Release.gpg
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security Release [63.5 kB]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports InRelease
Get:3 http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg [72 B]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release
Hit http://www.scootersoftware.com bcompare4 Release
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates Release.gpg [933 B]
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Sources [79.6 kB]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports Release.gpg [933 B]
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release [58.5 kB]
Hit http://www.scootersoftware.com bcompare4/non-free amd64 Packages
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Sources [2,061 B]
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Sources [21.9 kB]
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main amd64 Packages
Get:10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates Release [63.5 kB]
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse Sources [1,922 B]
Hit http://www.scootersoftware.com bcompare4/non-free i386 Packages
Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main amd64 Packages [264 kB]
Get:13 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports Release [63.5 kB]
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages
Get:14 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources [1,064 kB]
Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted amd64 Packages [8,875 B]
Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe amd64 Packages [101 kB]
Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [3,451 B]
Get:18 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main i386 Packages [253 kB]
Get:19 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted i386 Packages [8,846 B]
Get:20 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe i386 Packages [101 kB]
Get:21 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse i386 Packages [3,643 B]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Translation-en
Get:22 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Sources [5,433 B]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse Translation-en
Get:23 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Sources [6,399 kB]
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://www.scootersoftware.com bcompare4/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Translation-en
Ign http://www.scootersoftware.com bcompare4/non-free Translation-en
Get:24 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Sources [174 kB]
Get:25 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main amd64 Packages [1,350 kB]
Get:26 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted amd64 Packages [13.0 kB]
Get:27 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe amd64 Packages [5,859 kB]
Get:28 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse amd64 Packages [132 kB]
Get:29 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages [1,348 kB]
Get:30 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted i386 Packages [13.4 kB]
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bh44962@mgeppert-VirtualBox:~$

Using the File Manager to click on the different version of bcompare (Ubuntu Software Center 13.10):
bcompare-4.0.7-19761_i386.deb -> Cannot install 'libstdc++6:i386'
bcompare-4.0.0.18629_amd64.deb -> Dependency is not satisfiable: ia32-libs
bcompare-4.0.0.18629_i386.deb -> Cannot install 'libstdc++6:i386'

[Aaron]

Hello,

The amd64.deb is a legacy package; it is still an old 32bit version but labeled as 64bit for dependency issues. The intended package to use is the latest release of 4.0.7 with the i386.deb.

It isn't a general update that broken 14.04. As I mentioned, on my own test machine I have grabbed all updates using the Software Updater application. It is more likely that another application or system configuration change has been applied to your specific system that somehow has removed libstdc. If you try to use apt-get install libstdc++:i386, you hit an error log of required dependencies that cannot be resolved. If you then step through and try to install each of these using apt-get install, are you will likely hit more errors that they require other specific dependencies. Normally, these are resolved automatically, but if you step down (attempt to install each dependency error manually) are you able to get to a bottom level and get it installed?

[mgeppert]

I bit the bullet and did a fresh install of Xubuntu 14.04...
After 3 days of installing stuff and getting my system back, Beyond Compare IS running like a champ.
Consider it closed
Thanks for all your help...

[Aaron]

And, if you feel like beta testing: BC4.1's beta just released and has a 64bit client.

Please note that we don't recommend using the beta with important or live data unless you already have a backup. We do appreciate any testing you would be able to do with the beta.