Protoc used to generate C++ files Compilation of the generated C++ files & other library/source files. Linking the correct protobuf runtime library for the target machine. protoc from any host machine ...

For example: if you only need C++, download protobuf-cpp-[VERSION].tar.gz; if you need C++ and Java, download protobuf-java-[VERSION].tar.gz (every package contains C++ source already); if you need ...