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+name: Ubuntu 20.04 CI (GCC 8)
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  ubuntu-build:
+    if: >-
+      ! contains(toJSON(github.event.commits.*.message), '[skip ci]') &&
+      ! contains(toJSON(github.event.commits.*.message), '[skip github]')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    env:
+      CXX: g++-8
+      CC: gcc-8
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/cache@v2
+        with:
+          path: dependencies/.cache
+          key: ${{ hashFiles('dependencies/CMakeLists.txt') }}
+      - name: Install GCC 8
+        run: sudo apt-get install -y g++-8
+      - name: Use cmake
+        run: |
+          mkdir builddebug &&
+          cd builddebug &&
+          cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DSIMDJSON_GOOGLE_BENCHMARKS=OFF -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF ..  &&
+          cmake --build .   &&
+          ctest -j --output-on-failure -LE explicitonly   &&
+          cd .. &&
+          mkdir build &&
+          cd build &&
+          cmake  -DSIMDJSON_GOOGLE_BENCHMARKS=ON -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPER_MODE=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=destination ..  &&
+          cmake --build .   &&
+          ctest -j --output-on-failure -LE explicitonly   &&
+          cmake --install . &&
+          echo -e '#include <simdjson.h>\nint main(int argc,char**argv) {simdjson::dom::parser parser;simdjson::dom::element tweets = parser.load(argv[1]); }' > tmp.cpp && c++ -Idestination/include -Ldestination/lib -std=c++17 -Wl,-rpath,destination/lib -o linkandrun tmp.cpp -lsimdjson && ./linkandrun jsonexamples/twitter.json &&
+          cd ../tests/installation_tests/find &&
+          mkdir build && cd build && cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=../../../build/destination .. &&  cmake --build .