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Asked: 2026-05-29T08:43:21+00:00

I am about to build the boost binaries and was wondering whether I should

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I am about to build the boost binaries and was wondering whether I should build them as 32 or 64 bit? I was unsure as I didn’t know whether this was in relation to my computer’s environment (win 7 64) or the type of application I will be producing. I am using MSVC 2010 Express and haven’t changed the compiler it uses, so I suspect that the 32 bit compiler is active.

I have no interest in writing 64-bit only apps (I am happy with how MSVC is functioning now, I just want to add the boost libs), so which build should I perform?

(Win32) b2 --toolset=msvc-10.0 --build-type=complete stage

OR

(x64) b2 --toolset=msvc-10.0 --build-type=complete architecture=x86 address-model=64 stage

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you’re building 32-bit apps, you clearly need a 32-bit build of Boost to do it with.

    I’m not sure I’d build a 32-bit version myself though — it’s a lot quicker and easier to download it from BoostPro.

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