libcpuid: how to add this C library to a simple program?

Question

I would like to use the libcpuid library and provide it as a bundle to my main application written in Python (I'm planning to wrap the C library using ctypes).

I am trying to run the example program available in the official documentation but I am always getting the error:

main.c:2:10: fatal error: libcpuid.h: No such file or directory
 #include <libcpuid.h>
          ^~~~~~~~~~~~

What I did was following the instruction from the Readme.md of the project:

git clone https://github.com/anrieff/libcpuid.git
cd libcpuid/
libtoolize
autoreconf --install
./configure
make

The compilation went through without errors and I noticed that I had a new hidden folder libcpuid/.libs/ containing the following files:

asm-bits.o                           
cpuid_main.o                         
libcpuid.a                           
libcpuid.la -> ../libcpuid.la        
libcpuid.lai                         
libcpuid.so -> libcpuid.so.14.0.0*   
libcpuid.so.14 -> libcpuid.so.14.0.0*
libcpuid.so.14.0.0*                  
libcpuid_util.o                      
libcpuid.ver                         
msrdriver.o                          
rdmsr.o                              
rdtsc.o                              
recog_amd.o                          
recog_intel.o 

I know that adding this library to the system shared libraries will probably fix all my issues, but I am trying to see if I can deploy this library together with my app so that I can control the version that is used.

I have created a new main.c file outside the project directory containing the sample code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <libcpuid.h>


int main(void)
{
    if (!cpuid_present()) {                                                // check for CPUID presence
        printf("Sorry, your CPU doesn't support CPUID!\n");
        return -1;
    }


    struct cpu_raw_data_t raw;                                             // contains only raw data
    struct cpu_id_t data;                                                  // contains recognized CPU features data


    if (cpuid_get_raw_data(&raw) < 0) {                                    // obtain the raw CPUID data
        printf("Sorry, cannot get the CPUID raw data.\n");
        printf("Error: %s\n", cpuid_error());                          // cpuid_error() gives the last error description
        return -2;
    }


    if (cpu_identify(&raw, &data) < 0) {                                   // identify the CPU, using the given raw data.
        printf("Sorrry, CPU identification failed.\n");
        printf("Error: %s\n", cpuid_error());
        return -3;
    }

    printf("Found: %s CPU\n", data.vendor_str);                            // print out the vendor string (e.g. `GenuineIntel')
    printf("Processor model is `%s'\n", data.cpu_codename);                // print out the CPU code name (e.g. `Pentium 4 (Northwood)')
    printf("The full brand string is `%s'\n", data.brand_str);             // print out the CPU brand string
    printf("The processor has %dK L1 cache and %dK L2 cache\n",
            data.l1_data_cache, data.l2_cache);                            // print out cache size information
    printf("The processor has %d cores and %d logical processors\n",
            data.num_cores, data.num_logical_cpus);                        // print out CPU cores information


    printf("Supported multimedia instruction sets:\n");
    printf("  MMX         : %s\n", data.flags[CPU_FEATURE_MMX] ? "present" : "absent");
    printf("  MMX-extended: %s\n", data.flags[CPU_FEATURE_MMXEXT] ? "present" : "absent");
    printf("  SSE         : %s\n", data.flags[CPU_FEATURE_SSE] ? "present" : "absent");
    printf("  SSE2        : %s\n", data.flags[CPU_FEATURE_SSE2] ? "present" : "absent");
    printf("  3DNow!      : %s\n", data.flags[CPU_FEATURE_3DNOW] ? "present" : "absent");


    printf("CPU clock is: %d MHz (according to your OS)\n",
            cpu_clock_by_os());                                            // print out the CPU clock, according to the OS
    printf("CPU clock is: %d MHz (tested)\n", cpu_clock_measure(200, 0));  // print out the CPU clock, measured with RDTSC.


    return 0;
}

Then I tried to follow several instructions that I found online on how to build a C program using a shared library:

gcc -l/home/user/temp/libcpuid/libcpuid/.libs/libcpuid.so main.c
gcc -Wall -o test main.c -lcpuid
gcc -L/home/user/temp/libcpuid/libcpuid/.libs/ -Wall -o test main.c -lcpuid
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/user/temp/libcpuid/libcpuid/.libs/
gcc -o main main.c -lcpuid -L/home/user/temp/libcpuid/libcpuid/.libs/

but with every command I only and always got the same error:

main.c:2:10: fatal error: libcpuid.h: No such file or directory
 #include <libcpuid.h>
          ^~~~~~~~~~~~

I tried also to use double quotes instead of angular brackets for the libcpuid.h but there was no difference.

I am sure I am doing something silly since I have a very limited experience with C (perhaps the make command is not building a shared library? How can I check?)

What I have to do to run my sample app without having to add this library to the system shared libraries?