There's a few problems with this: * It only works in Linux, not Windows or Mac OS X. * You need additional work to have it work in more distributions * Linux

There's a few problems with this: * It only works in Linux, not Windows or Mac OS X. * You need additional work to have it work in more distributions * Linux package file formats are not distribution neutral, there's no "package.json" which is understood by every package manager I think C++ needs an OS neutral package management system.