Why is the C++ build and package management system so complicated? I feel like whenever I work on a C++ project, I spend more than half my time just figuring out how to set up the environment, build the binaries, run the tests, when I’d rather and should be writing code.

Which system

@electrineer OS X and Linux

@indigophi how is it complicated on linux? It's pre-installed and I can literally do

Nano test.cpp
Write the basic main() function and then pass it through gpp, all from the terminal on a clean install and it will compile and work... What environment setup is even necessary?

Now using libraries... That's also super simple but It's definitely not intuitive