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Compile for 32-bit Architectures using MinGW-w64

I have installed MinGW-w64 for compiling to 64-bit. But it appears that I have to install two seperate versions of MinGW-w64 to get support for 32-bit.

I tried that, using batch files and powershell scripts and what not, and it wasn't very good in the end.

There appears to be multilib version which can handle both using the -m32 flag for 32-bit although I am not sure if that is the how I should compile for both 64-bit and 32-bit.

So what is the proper way get MinGW-w64 to be able to compile for both 64 and 32 bit?

Solution

  • The version you are using is not multilib enabled so you won't be able to compile 32-bit programs using the MinGW-w64.

    You need this version for using it on a 64-bit platform but in order to be able to compile both 32-bit and 64-bit.