Add protobuf.md

README.md

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 * [`node.md`](node.md) for installing Node.JS
 * [`ohmyposh.sh`](ohmyposh.sh) for installing the Oh My Posh command line prompt
 * [`poetry.sh`](poetry.sh) for installing Python Poetry
+* [`profobuf.md`](protobuf.md) for installing the various things related to Protocol Buffers
 * [`sourcetrail.md`](sourcetrail.md) for installing the SourceTrail codebase inspector
 * [`vscode.md`](vscode.md)
 

protobuf.md

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+# Protocol Buffers
+
+## `protoc`
+
+1. Download `protoc-3.17.3-linux-x86_64.zip` from https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/tag/v3.17.3
+2. Extract `bin/protoc` to `/opt/bin`
+3. Extract `include/google` to `/usr/local/include`
+
+## `protoc-gen-go`
+
+```bash 
+go install google.golang.org/protobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go@latest
+```