No module named google.protobuf
There is another possibility, if you are running a python 2.7.11 or other similar versions,
sudo pip install protobufis ok.
But if you are in a anaconda environment, you should use
conda install protobuf
Locating the google directory in the site-packages directory (for the proper latter directory, of course) and manually creating an (empty) __init__.py resolved this issue for me.
(Note that within this directory is the protobuf directory but my installation of Python 2.7 did not accept the new-style packages so the __init__.py was required, even if empty, to identify the folder as a package folder.)
...In case this helps anyone in the future.
In my case I
downloaded the source code, compiled and installed:
$ ./configure$ make$ make check$ sudo make install`for python I located its folder(python) under source code, and ran commands:
$ python setup.py build$ python setup.py install'
Not sure if this could help you..