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+name: ubuntu
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  linux:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    # WxWidgets
+    - name: install dependencies for wxWidgets
+      run: sudo apt-get install build-essential clang-format-12 cmake git libedit-dev libgtk-3-dev libhunspell-dev libsqlite3-dev libssh-dev pkg-config xterm
+
+    - name: Checkout WxWidgets
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        repository: wxWidgets/wxWidgets
+        path: wxWidgets
+        ref: 3.2
+        submodules: recursive
+
+    - name: build and install wxWidgets
+      run: |
+        mkdir -p wxWidgets/build-release
+        cd wxWidgets/build-release
+        ../configure --disable-debug_flag --with-gtk=3 --enable-stl
+        make -j$(nproc) && sudo make install
+
+    # Codelite
+    - name: install Codelite's dependencies
+      run: sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake git libpcre2-dev libsqlite3-dev libssh-dev
+
+    - name: Checkout Codelite
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        submodules: recursive
+
+    - name: build and install Codelite
+      run: |
+        mkdir build-release
+        cd build-release
+        cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .. -DCOPY_WX_LIBS=1
+        make -j$(nproc)
+        sudo make install
+
+    - name: codelite --version
+      run: xvfb-run -a codelite --version || exit 0 # codelite --version returns -1