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Recover protobuf 2.6.1 on Ubuntu 16.04

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# Remove the newest version of the software
cd /usr/local/include/google

sudo rm -rf protobuf

# Go to https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases?after=v3.0.0-alpha-1 
# and download protobuf-2.6.1. Then, extract the contents. I downloaded 
# protobuf-2.6.1.tar.gz
cd ~/Download/protobuf-2.6.1
./autogen.sh

./configure

make

make check

sudo make install

sudo ldconfig

# Check if everything is ok
protoc --version