Boost linker error: Unresolved external symbol “class boost::system::error_category const & __cdecl boost::system::get_system_category(void)”

Question

I\'m just getting started with Boost for the first time, details:

1. I\'m using Visual Studio 2008 SP1
2. I\'m doing an x64 Build
3. I\'m using boost:

Answer 1

I also came here from for this linker error plus CMake, but in my case it was the fact that CMake by default will try to build with 32bit by default. This was fixed by specifying -Ax64

cmake -Ax64 {path to CMakeLists.txt}