Install Protocol Buffer

OSS

Ubuntu 12.04 64 bits

wget 'http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/downloads/detail?name=protobuf-2.4.1.tar.bz2' -O protobuf-2.4.1.tar.bz2
tar xvf protobuf-2.4.1.tar.bz2
cd protobuf-2.4.1/
./configure
make
make check
sudo make install
cd ..
rm -rf protobuf-2.4.1/

C++

protoc --cpp_out=dst_dir example.proto

Java

protoc --java_out=dst_dir example.proto

Python

protoc --python_out=dst_dir example.proto