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 #Status
 
 Beta
+
+#Pre-requisites
+
+##Linux
+
+```sh
+ $ [sudo] apt-get install build-essential autoconf libtool
+```
+
+##Mac OSX
+
+For a Mac system, git is not available by default. You will first need to
+install Xcode from the Mac AppStore and then run the following command from a
+terminal:
+
+```sh
+ $ [sudo] xcode-select --install
+```
+
+##Protoc
+
+By default gRPC uses [protocol buffers](https://github.com/google/protobuf),
+you will need the `protoc` compiler to generate stub server and client code.
+
+If you compile gRPC from source, as described below, the Makefile will
+automatically try and compile the `protoc` in third party if you cloned the
+repository recursively and it detects that you don't already have it
+installed.
+
+If it hasn't been installed, you can run the following commands to install it.
+
+```sh
+$ cd grpc/third_party/protobuf
+$ sudo make install   # 'make' should have been run by core grpc
+```
+
+Alternatively, you can download `protoc` binaries from
+[the protocol buffers Github repository](https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases).
+
+#INSTALLATION
+
+Currently to install gRPC for C++, you need to build from source as described below.
+
+#Build from Source
+
+```sh
+ $ git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git
+ $ cd grpc
+ $ git submodule update --init
+ $ make
+ $ [sudo] make install
+```
+
+#DOCUMENTATION
+
+- The gRPC C++ refenrence documentation is available online at
+  [grpc.io](http://www.grpc.io/docs/tutorials/basic/c.html)
+- [Helloworld example](../../examples/cpp/helloworld)
+