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# 12.2: Accessing Bitcoind with C
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> **NOTE:** This is a draft in progress, so that I can get some feedback from early reviewers. It is not yet ready for learning.
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Though command-line `curl` is the easiest way to access the `bitcoind` directly, there are [many other options](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/API_reference_(JSON-RPC)) for doing so. The best package for doing so in C is currently [libbitcoinrpc](https://github.com/gitmarek/libbitcoinrpc/blob/master/README.md). It uses a `curl` library for accessing the data and it uses the somewhat clunky `jansson` library for decoding JSON. The advantage of a full programming language over command-line `curl` for writing more complex code should be obvious.
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## Set Up libbitcoinrpc
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First, you need to install a basic C setup and the dependent packages, `libcurl`, `libjansson`, and `libuuid`. The following will do so on a Ubuntu system:
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```
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$ sudo apt-get install make
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$ sudo apt-get install gcc
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$ sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev libjansson-dev uuid-dev
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```
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You can then download [libbitcoinrpc from Github](https://github.com/gitmarek/libbitcoinrpc/blob/master/README.md). Clone it or grab a zip file, as you prefer.
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```
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$ sudo apt-get unzip
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$ unzip libbitcoinrpc-master.zip
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$ cd libbitcoinrpc-master/
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```
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### Compile libbitcoinrpc
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You'll probably need to adjust your `$PATH`, so that you can access `/sbin/ldconfig`:
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```
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$ PATH="/sbin:$PATH"
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```
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Then you can compile:
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```
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$ make
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```
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If that works, you can install the package:
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```
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$ sudo make install
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```
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