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Expand Up @@ -177,11 +177,12 @@ classes you'll need to read and write `AddressBook` (and hence `Person` and
`PhoneNumber`) messages. To do this, you need to run the protocol buffer
compiler `protoc` on your `.proto`:

1. If you haven't installed the compiler,
[download the package](/downloads) and follow the
instructions in the README.
1. If you haven't installed the protobuf compiler, follow the
[installation instructions](/installation) to install it via your
package manager, as a pre-compiled binary, or from source.

2. Run the following command to install the Go protocol buffers plugin:
2. Install the Go protocol buffers plugin using the `protoc-gen-go` package
in your your package manager, or using the following command:

```shell
go install google.golang.org/protobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go@latest
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