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+image: rduweston/ubuntu-ci:18.04
+
+build:
+  stage: build
+  # instead of calling g++ directly you can also use some build toolkit like make
+  # install the necessary build tools when needed
+  # before_script:
+  #   - sudo apt update && apt -y install wget
+  script:
+    - mkdir build && cd build
+    - cmake ..
+    - cmake --build . && cpack
+#   artifacts:
+#     paths:
+#       - mybinary
+      # depending on your build setup it's most likely a good idea to cache outputs to reduce the build time
+      # cache:
+      #   paths:
+      #     - "*.o"
+
+# run tests using the binary built before
+# test:
+#   stage: test
+#   script:
+#     - ./runmytests.sh