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The protobuf file need to be compiled separately.

Download and install the protobuf library 3.20.3

wget https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v3.20.3/protobuf-cpp-3.20.3.zip
unzip protobuf-cpp-3.20.3.zip
cd protobuf-cpp-3.20.3
./autogen.sh && ./configure && make && sudo make install

The installed protoc binary will be located in /usr/local/bin.

Download and compile the protobuf-c library

wget https://github.com/protobuf-c/protobuf-c/releases/download/v1.4.1/protobuf-c-1.4.1.tar.gz
tar -xvf protobuf-c-1.4.1.tar.gz
cd protobuf-c-1.4.1
./autogen.sh && ./configure && make

The compiled protobuf-c extension will be located at protobuf-c/protoc-c/protoc-gen-c.

To compile the protobuf definitions in protos folder and generate the output files in protobuf_middleware folder use:

protoc --plugin=protoc-gen-c=absolute_path_to_protoc-gen-c -I./protos --c_out=./ ./protos/test.proto