Tested on Giselle

build-protobuf.bash

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Cause the script to exit on any errors
# Reference: https://vaneyckt.io/posts/safer_bash_scripts_with_set_euxo_pipefail/
set -euo pipefail

# install dependencies
sudo apt install autoconf automake libtool curl make g++ unzip

# clone git repo
git clone https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf.git

# cloned the submodules and generated the configure script
cd protobuf
git checkout v3.6.1
git submodule update --init --recursive
./autogen.sh

# build and install
sed -i 's/\-DNDEBUG\"/\-DNDEBUG -fPIC\"/g' configure
./configure
make -j8
make check -j8
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig