@charlie_root @dcc @Goalkeeper @Volkish_Observer @tyler @PalePimp @gvs >don't consider this batshit insane
I don't see how it is batshit insane to use a computer properly by using it to compile software.

If the software is any good, compiling and installing it is as trivial as;
./configure <build flags, or just go with the defaults>
make -j$(nproc)
sudo make install

If libraries are missing, configure will tell you what's missing and then you just install the missing libraries.

It's very easy on Gentoo-libre, as a fair amount of software is packaged and even if it isn't packaged, you just grab the source, install any libraries via emerge and then compile it.

Sometimes packages sadly use buildsystems instead of GNU autools, but it's usually not that much harder really;
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make -j$(nproc)
sudo make install


You probably shouldn't use computers if you are unable to do something as trivial as compile software that is already written.