Depends on the system you are programming for. Most C++ libraries on a debian system (like ubuntu) are an 'apt install' away from being on your system. And CMak

Depends on the system you are programming for. Most C++ libraries on a debian system (like ubuntu) are an 'apt install' away from being on your system. And CMake is now pretty standard for libraries so you can be pretty confident a library can be just downloaded and installed via cmake.