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$ go version

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$ go get -u google.golang.org/grpc

Install Protocol Buffers v3

  • download pre-compiled binaries for your platform(protoc-<version>-<platform>.zip) from here: https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases
  • Unzip this file.
  • Update the environment variable PATH to include the path to the protoc binary file.
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$ go get -u github.com/golang/protobuf/protoc-gen-go

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$ export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin

Build the example

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$ cd $GOPATH/src/google.golang.org/grpc/examples/helloworld