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+name: ci-tests
+on: [push]
+jobs:
+  ci_tests_ubuntu-18:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    name: Ubuntu-18.04 Tests
+    env:
+      TZ: America/Los_Angeles
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Install additional dependencies
+      run: sudo apt-get install -y cmake libxslt-dev xsltproc ninja-build libboost-all-dev libgtk-3-dev guile-2.2-dev libgwengui-gtk3-dev libaqbanking-dev libofx-dev libdbi-dev libdbd-sqlite3 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev  googletest
+    - name: Install language packs.
+      run: sudo apt-get --reinstall install -y language-pack-en language-pack-fr
+    - run: |
+        echo "ROOT_DIR=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.." >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    - name: Create Directories
+      run: |
+        pwd
+        mkdir $ROOT_DIR/inst
+        mkdir build
+    - name: Configure GnuCash
+      run: |
+        cd build
+        cmake -G Ninja -DWITH_PYTHON=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$ROOT_DIR/inst $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
+    - name: Build and Test GnuCash
+      run: |
+        cd build
+        ninja
+        ninja check
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      if: failure()
+      with:
+        name: TestLog
+        path: ${{ github.workspace }}/build/Testing/Temporary/LastTest.log