The Best and the more stable version of linux to run a masternode is UBUNTU version 16.04.
After you install all dependencies is easy to compile the wallet.
to install linux dependencies run this commands one by one:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get -y install automake
sudo apt-get -y install build-essential
sudo apt-get -y install libtool
sudo apt-get -y install autotools-dev
sudo apt-get -y install autoconf
sudo apt-get -y install pkg-config
sudo apt-get -y install libssl-dev
sudo apt-get -y install libboost-all-dev
sudo apt-get -y install libevent-dev
sudo apt-get -y install software-properties-common
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install libdb4.8-dev
sudo apt-get -y install libdb4.8++-dev
sudo apt-get -y install libminiupnpc-dev
sudo apt-get -y install git
hope it helps you and others in need.
if you want more details on how to setup linux wallet, you can watch my tutorials from youtube on how to setup a masternode.
here is the link to my channel :
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBqo3DweJH24BHcXPgBBQtQ/videos