cargo newcpp
This tool extends Cargo to allow for the creation of new C++ projects in the spirit of cargo new <project>
Ensure that you have a fairly recent version of rust/cargo installed. On Ubuntu you might also want to install cmake and gcc or g++ so that you can actually build project.
cargo install cargo-newcpp
Create a new project
Create a new CPP project with the following command.
cargo newcpp <your_project_name>
This will output to the following default project scaffolding.

Building the CPP project with cargo
Once you've create the project, you can use the following example to build the project.
cd <your_project_name>
cargo buildcpp