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+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: 
+  #   - apt update && apt -y install make autoconf 
+  script: 
+    - ./configure
+    - make
+    - make install
+  
+# run tests using the binary built before
+test:
+  stage: test
+  script:
+    - ./configure
+    - cd ./build/tests/
+    - make
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