wiringpi wiringSerial on a regular PC

#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>       //read function
#include <string.h>
#include <wiringSerial.h> //simple serial port library

using namespace std;
/*
 * sudo apt-get install libwiringpi-dev
 * This code is working on a x86_64 machine, not a raspberry pi.
 *
 * compiled with g++ -Wall -o readSerial  readSerial.cpp -lwiringPi
 *
 */
int main(int argc, char ** argv)
{
    const char *SensorPort = "/dev/ttyACM0"; //Serial Device Address

    int levelSensor = serialOpen(SensorPort, 9600);
    //serialPuts(levelSensor, "1"); //Send command to the serial device

    while (1){
        char buffer[100];
        ssize_t length = read(levelSensor, &buffer, sizeof(buffer));
        if (length == -1){
            cerr << "Error reading from serial port" << endl;
            break;
        }
        else if (length == 0){
            cerr << "No more data" << endl;
            break;
        }else{
            buffer[length] = '\0';
            cout << buffer; //Read serial data
        }
    }

    return 0;
}