I just don't attempt to compile C/++ software these days because the process is always an absolute nightmare where you have to attempt to compile, then google the error to see what package it's related to, try to work out what the distro name for this package is, install, recompile, repeat 10 times. And hope you don't get completely stuck where you distro just doesn't have the package or version you need.

Something in rust is always just `cargo run` and you're done.