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+# 17.6: Accessing Bitcoind with Swift
+
+> :information_source: **NOTE:** This is a draft in progress, so that I can get some feedback from early reviewers. It is not yet ready for learning.
+
+This section explains how to interact with `bitcoind` using the Swift programming language.
+
+## Setting Up Swift
+
+```
+$ sudo apt-get install clang
+$ sudo apt-get install libcurl4 libpython2.7 libpython2.7-dev
+```
+Debian 10 or higher:
+```
+$ sudo apt-get install libtinfo5 libncurses5
+```
+```
+$ wget https://swift.org/builds/swift-5.1.3-release/ubuntu1804/swift-5.1.3-RELEASE/swift-5.1.3-RELEASE-ubuntu18.04.tar.gz
+$ tar xzfv swift-5.1.3-RELEASE-ubuntu18.04.tar.gz 
+$ sudo mv swift-5.1.3-RELEASE-ubuntu18.04 /usr/share/swift
+```
+```
+$ echo "export PATH=/usr/share/swift/usr/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc
+$ source ~/.bashrc
+```
+```
+$ swift --version
+Swift version 5.1.3 (swift-5.1.3-RELEASE)
+Target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+```
+
+### Creating a Project
+```
+$ mkdir swift-project
+$ cd swift-project/
+/swift-project$ swift package init --type executable
+Creating executable package: swift-project
+Creating Package.swift
+Creating README.md
+Creating .gitignore
+Creating Sources/
+Creating Sources/swift-project/main.swift
+Creating Tests/
+Creating Tests/LinuxMain.swift
+Creating Tests/swift-projectTests/
+Creating Tests/swift-projectTests/swift_projectTests.swift
+Creating Tests/swift-projectTests/XCTestManifests.swift
+```
+```
+$ swift build
+[4/4] Linking swift-project
+```
+```
+$ .build/debug/swift-project
+Hello, world!
+```
+