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Overview

Following Building from Source on Ubuntu 22.04 fails at the bindings build, and on any OS it produces bindings that cannot start the standalone KV indexer. This PR fixes the guide so it works as written.

Key Changes

Docs only (0 core-logic lines). English page and zh-CN mirror:

• Step 1: protoc must be 3.15 or newer. Ubuntu 24.04's apt package is enough; on Ubuntu 22.04, install protoc 30.2 (the CI version) from the protobuf releases.
• Step 3: uv venv --python 3.12 .venv (uv downloads 3.12 if needed).
• Step 5: maturin develop --uv --features kv-indexer,slot-tracker,select-service,mm-routing,ais-forward-pass,request-trace-s3, the release-wheel set from container/templates/wheel_builder.Dockerfile without nvtx (named as optional).
• Two Troubleshooting entries that map each error to its fix.

Validation

Ran on Ubuntu 22.04 (workstation and stock ubuntu:22.04 container), rustc 1.96.1:

Case	Before	After
Step 5 with apt protoc 3.12.4	dynamo-llm build script fails: relay.proto: This file contains proto3 optional fields, but --experimental_allow_proto3_optional was not set	Documented protoc 30.2 install compiles relay.proto; full build passes. Ubuntu 24.04 apt protoc 3.21.12 also compiles it
Step 3 on stock 22.04	uv venv .venv downloads CPython 3.15.2, which has no vllm==0.32.0 or sglang==0.5.22 wheels (SGLang ships cp311–cp313); forcing system Python 3.10 fails uv pip install -e . on requires-python >=3.11	uv venv --python 3.12 resolves vllm==0.32.0 from wheels
Step 5 default features	python -m dynamo.indexer --help → dynamo.indexer is not available in this build; reinstall with --features kv-indexer	With the documented features, dynamo.indexer, dynamo.slot_tracker and dynamo.select_service all start
Steps 3–8 as now written, Python 3.12	n/a	All pass, including uv pip install -e . without --prerelease=allow and python3 -m dynamo.frontend --help

Issues and Ongoing Work

• Closes DGH-2321
• Related: DGH-2291 / docs(agents): focus the root AGENTS.md on Dynamo development #17495. That PR's root AGENTS.md notes these three caveats itself; once this PR lands, it can drop them and point only to this guide.
• ci: share pinned protoc installation across Rust CI jobs #17428 moves CI's protoc install into a shared action; it keeps 30.2, so the version here still matches.
• docs(build): enable pre-releases when installing from source #13479 adds --prerelease=allow to step 7 for Python < 3.13. That is no longer needed on current main with Python 3.12 (verified above). The two PRs edit different hunks.
• docs: document Python test dependency setup, fix marker-report hook deps #13550 edits steps 7–8 and Troubleshooting on this page, in different hunks from this PR.
• Found no other issue or PR for these three gaps.

Pull Request Checklist

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Updated the build-from-source guide with protoc requirements and Ubuntu-specific installation steps.
  • Clarified how to set up a Python 3.12 virtual environment and build Rust bindings with the required features, including optional Nsight Systems annotations.
  • Added troubleshooting steps for proto3 optional-field errors and unavailable dynamo.indexer builds.
  • Updated the Chinese translation to reflect these changes.

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Walkthrough

The English and Chinese source-build guides now specify protoc and Python versions, a Rust binding feature list, optional nvtx support, and troubleshooting steps for protoc and dynamo.indexer build issues.

Changes

Source Build Guide

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Toolchain setup docs/fern/pages/developer-guide/advanced-customizations/building-from-source.md, docs/fern/translations/zh-CN/pages/developer-guide/advanced-customizations/building-from-source.md	Both guides document Ubuntu-specific protoc setup and Python 3.12 virtual-environment setup.
Rust build and troubleshooting docs/fern/pages/developer-guide/advanced-customizations/building-from-source.md, docs/fern/translations/zh-CN/pages/developer-guide/advanced-customizations/building-from-source.md	Both guides document the release-wheel feature list for maturin develop, optional nvtx support, and troubleshooting steps for protoc and dynamo.indexer build issues.

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The build instructions contain a minor feature-description inconsistency; the omitted nvtx feature is optional.

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- Around line 77-84: Update the introductory wording above the `maturin develop`
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Previously reported defects still present:

• Original discussion: The Chinese guide still claims the command uses the same features as the release wheel, but the referenced wheel build always enables nvtx while this command omits it. Clarify that the development command excludes optional nvtx.
• Original discussion: The guide still claims the command uses the same features as the release wheel, but the referenced wheel build always enables nvtx while this command omits it. Clarify that the development command excludes optional nvtx.