I think this is supposed to be solved by
$ cat /usr/share/python/ns/python-protobuf google
Somehow I managed to get to a state where this didn’t work (bug 1017339), but reinstalling python-protobuf caused /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/google/__init__.py to come back.
I think this is supposed to be solved by
$ cat /usr/share/ python/ ns/python- protobuf
google
Somehow I managed to get to a state where this didn’t work (bug 1017339), but reinstalling python-protobuf caused /usr/lib/ python2. 7/dist- packages/ google/ __init_ _.py to come back.