update README.md with steps for setting up protobufs

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Dennis Coyle 2018-04-17 09:18:36 -04:00
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@ -23,6 +23,23 @@ The [community site](https://storj.io/community.html) hosts all information abou
building storj from source, how to contribute code
and documentation, who to contact about what, etc.
### Set up protobufs
In order to develop on storj, you will need to have protobufs and gRPC installed on your system.
1. Grab the latest release and follow the install steps for your system from [here](https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases)
2. Get the protoc go plugin
```Go
go get -u github.com/golang/protobuf/protoc-gen-go
```
3. Get gRPC
```Go
go get -u google.golang.org/grpc
```
If you want to build storj right away there are two options:
##### You have a working [Go environment](https://golang.org/doc/install).