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+name: build on linux
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+    - master
+    - release-*
+    - v*
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+    - master
+
+jobs:
+  Ubuntu_Latest_Apt:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        build.type:
+        - Debug
+        - Release
+        - RelNoOpenMP
+        - RelWithDebInfo
+    steps:
+    - name: checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.0
+
+    - name: install dependencies
+      run: |-
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install -y cmake wget ninja-build libblas-dev liblapack-dev liblapacke-dev libboost-all-dev libopenmpi-dev libeigen3-dev libhdf5-dev
+        sudo apt-get clean all
+
+    - name: Install HighFive
+      run: |
+        wget -O HighFive.tar.gz https://github.com/BlueBrain/HighFive/archive/v2.9.0.tar.gz
+        tar xzf HighFive.tar.gz
+        rm HighFive.tar.gz
+        cd HighFive*
+        cmake -S . -B build
+        cmake --build build
+        cmake --install build
+
+    - name: Run CMake
+      run: |-
+         cmake -S .  -B build.${{ matrix.build.type }} -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.build.type }} -DENABLE_PYTHON=OFF
+
+    - name: Build
+      run: |-
+        cmake --build build.${{ matrix.build.type }}
+
+    - name: Run tests
+      run: |-
+        ./build.${{ matrix.build.type }}/bin/tests