From 79e4151f8dd3d1b881e028899d4faf1ebac04bc1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Zhao <david@davidzhao.com>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2021 12:59:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] include protoc requirement in bootstrap & readme

---
 README.md    | 8 +++++++-
 bootstrap.sh | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 21922de75..546b9e8ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,13 @@ Server APIs:
 
 ### From source
 
-Ensure Go 1.15+ is installed, and GOPATH/bin is in your PATH.
+Pre-requisites:
+
+* Go 1.15+ is installed
+* GOPATH/bin is in your PATH
+* [protoc](https://grpc.io/docs/protoc-installation/) is installed and in PATH
+
+Then run
 
 ```shell
 git clone https://github.com/livekit/livekit-server
diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index cd9ec37c2..6af1fb3ea 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+if ! command -v protoc &> /dev/null
+then
+  echo "protoc is required and not found. please install"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 if ! command -v mage &> /dev/null
 then
   pushd /tmp