Kompare Download

[Jeremy Whiting]

Hi Steve,

I have contributed a patch or two to kompare over the years. From what I
understand it is currently not maintained (there's no developer working on
it currently). That said it works pretty well for most things still. Just a
guess but I bet you are on the Windows platform? From a quick look it seems
the old 4.0 kde installer has gone away in favor of new single application
installers. So you'll have to wait until the kde windows team creates a
Kompare installer https://community.kde.org/Windows shows a few of the
other applications that have installers currently, but kompare sadly isn't
one of them yet.

If on the other hand you are talking about using Kompare on a linux
machine, simply install it with your package manager and you're good to go
(the package manager will also pull in any dependencies needed, etc.)

Hope that helps, let me know if you have any questions.

BR,
Jeremy Whiting

On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Steve Dorland <dorlands at mchsi.com> wrote:

> So, I've been looking for a folder/file/code comparison tool that I don't
> have to spend an arm and a leg for and I found references to Kompare on
> several web sites as viable alternative, https://www.slant.co/options/
> 4394/alternatives/~beyond-compare-alternatives.  Great, I'll check it
> out.  I click the link which sends me here, https://www.kde.org/
> applications/development/kompare/.  Ok, no download link, I look around
> the page and see a link titled 'Kompare Homepage'.  If there's a download
> link anywhere, it will be there.  I click the link, which sends me here,
> http://www.caffeinated.me.uk/kompare/.  Ah, a download section, but it
> states,
>
> If you have the KDE Software Development Kit (SDK, included with many
> distributions), you already have Kompare. Just look for it in your K Menu.
> If you don't find Kompare there, go ahead and get a fresh copy from the KDE
> project <http://www.kde.org>. Enjoy!
>
> Ok, I don't have KDE SDK, nor do I want KDE, I just want Kompare, so I
> click the link for the KDE project, which sends me here,
> https://www.kde.org/.  But there is no download link, so I once again
> start searching the page and then the site.  Surely the Products menu will
> have a link to Kompare?  Nope, but I see a Development Tools link and
> Kompare was listed under Development on the second site linked above.
> Clicking the Development Tools link sends me here,
> https://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tools, but there's no mention at all
> on this page about Kompare.  Lots of other tools, but nothing about Kompare.
>
> So, I return to the kde.org home page and scrolling to the bottom I see a
> link, KDE Applications, maybe Kompare it hiding there.  Click the link and
> it takes me here, https://www.kde.org/applications/.  Hmm, this look
> vaguely familiar.
>
> While I appreciate what you are trying to do I'm guessing that the
> free/volunteer support is causing a bit of a lag between needing something
> done and getting it done.  Or support and development for Kompare has gone
> the way of the dodo.
>
> The point of all this?  Is it still possible to get a download of Kompare
> beyond the source code and compiling it myself?
>
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