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+# cmake
+name: cmake
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0 
+      - name: Ragel Setup
+        run:  |
+         sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install ragel -yq
+         # && sudo apt-get install -yq libboost1.65-dev
+      - name: Setup cmake
+        uses: jwlawson/actions-setup-cmake@v1.8
+        with:
+          cmake-version: '3.16.x'
+      - name: CMake Build
+        run: |
+            mkdir -p build
+            cmake -H. -Bbuild -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+            cd build
+            make
+            make install