chore : add step to install protoc

Author: Nagaprasadvr

.github/workflows/build-crates.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+name: Build yellowstone-vixen crates
+# This workflow uses github runners.
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+# This may be adjusted to whatever suits best your runners config.
+# Current config will build on manual trigger or pull-request (each push)
+on:
+  # pull_request can be removed, to save minutes on github runners
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'main'
+
+env:
+  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    # This can be also be runned on self-hosted github runners
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      # This step can be omited, to save storage space on the organization account
+      # Build process will take longer
+      - name: Cache Build Dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.cargo/bin/
+            ~/.cargo/registry/index/
+            ~/.cargo/registry/cache/
+            ~/.cargo/git/db/
+            yellowstone-vixen/target/
+          key: cargo-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}-0001
+
+      # Cache Rust Nightly Toolchain
+      - name: Cache Rust Nightly
+        id: cache-rust-nightly
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ~/.rustup
+          key: rust-nightly-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('rust-toolchain') }}
+
+      - name: Install Rust Nightly if Not Cached
+        if: steps.cache-rust-nightly.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          toolchain: nightly
+          override: true
+          components: rustfmt, clippy
+
+      # Cache Protoc
+      - name: Cache protoc
+        id: cache-protoc
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            /var/cache/apt/archives  
+            ~/.local/bin/protoc
+          key: protoc-${{ runner.os }}-26.1
+
+      - name: Install Latest Protoc if Not Cached
+        if: steps.cache-protoc.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        run: |
+          PROTOC_VERSION=26.1
+          ARCH=x86_64
+          curl -LO https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v${PROTOC_VERSION}/protoc-${PROTOC_VERSION}-linux-${ARCH}.zip
+          sudo apt-get install -y unzip protobuf-compiler libprotobuf-dev
+          unzip protoc-${PROTOC_VERSION}-linux-${ARCH}.zip -d $HOME/.local
+          echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+          protoc --version
+
+      # Build yellowstone-vixen
+      - name: build yellowstone-vixen
+        run: cargo build --verbose --release

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -1,27 +1,26 @@
 name: Check lock file, fmt, clippy
-
+# This workflow uses github runners.
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
+# This may be adjusted to whatever suits best your runners config.
+# Current config will build on manual trigger or pull-request (each push)
 on:
+  # pull_request can be removed, to save minutes on github runners
   pull_request:
   push:
     branches:
       - 'main'
   workflow_dispatch:
-
 env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
-
 jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-
     steps:
       - name: checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
       - name: set build cache
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
@@ -33,14 +32,43 @@ jobs:
             yellowstone-vixen/target/
           key: cargo-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}-0001
 
-      # Install Rust Nightly
-      - name: Install Rust Nightly
+      # Cache Rust Nightly Toolchain
+      - name: Cache Rust Nightly
+        id: cache-rust-nightly
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ~/.rustup
+          key: rust-nightly-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('rust-toolchain') }}
+
+      - name: Install Rust Nightly if Not Cached
+        if: steps.cache-rust-nightly.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
           toolchain: nightly
           override: true
           components: rustfmt, clippy
 
+      # Cache Protoc
+      - name: Cache protoc
+        id: cache-protoc
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            /var/cache/apt/archives  
+            ~/.local/bin/protoc
+          key: protoc-${{ runner.os }}-26.1
+
+      - name: Install Latest Protoc if Not Cached
+        if: steps.cache-protoc.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        run: |
+          PROTOC_VERSION=26.1
+          ARCH=x86_64
+          curl -LO https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v${PROTOC_VERSION}/protoc-${PROTOC_VERSION}-linux-${ARCH}.zip
+          sudo apt-get install -y unzip protobuf-compiler libprotobuf-dev
+          unzip protoc-${PROTOC_VERSION}-linux-${ARCH}.zip -d $HOME/.local
+          echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+          protoc --version
+
       # Cargo.lock
       - name: Check lock file
         run: |