install-protobuf.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# Install protobuf C++ library
# As described here: https://github.com/google/protobuf/blob/master/src/README.md#c-installation---unix
#
# NOTE:
# You should use 'libprotobuf10' package when it's available!
#
set -e

PROTOBUF_VERSION=${1:-3.0.0-beta-3}

if [ -d "/usr/local/include/google/protobuf/" ]; then
  echo "Already installed! (directory /usr/local/include/google/protobuf/ exist)"
else
  echo "Install Protobuf ${PROTOBUF_VERSION}"
  apt-get install -y autoconf automake libtool make g++ wget
  wget -O /tmp/protobuf.tar.gz https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases/download/v${PROTOBUF_VERSION}/protobuf-cpp-${PROTOBUF_VERSION}.tar.gz
  mkdir -p /tmp/protobuf
  tar -zxvf /tmp/protobuf.tar.gz -C /tmp/protobuf
  cd /tmp/protobuf/protobuf-${PROTOBUF_VERSION}
  # ./autogen.sh # Needed only if building from master branch
  ./configure
  make
  make check
  make install
  ldconfig
fi