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+name: GUI build
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build-macos:
+
+    runs-on: macOS-latest
+    
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - name: update brew and install dependencies
+      run: brew update && brew install boost hidapi zmq libpgm unbound libsodium miniupnpc ldns expat doxygen graphviz libunwind-headers protobuf qt5 
+    - name: build
+      run: export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/opt/qt/bin && ./build.sh
+
+  build-ubuntu:
+ 
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+ 
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - name: update apt
+      run: sudo apt update
+    - name: install monero dependencies
+      run: sudo apt -y install build-essential cmake libboost-all-dev miniupnpc libunbound-dev graphviz doxygen libunwind8-dev pkg-config libssl-dev libzmq3-dev libsodium-dev libhidapi-dev libnorm-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libpgm-dev
+    - name: install monero gui dependencies
+      run: sudo apt -y install qtbase5-dev qt5-default qtdeclarative5-dev qml-module-qtquick-controls qml-module-qtquick-controls2 qml-module-qtquick-dialogs qml-module-qtquick-xmllistmodel qml-module-qt-labs-settings qml-module-qt-labs-folderlistmodel qttools5-dev-tools qml-module-qtquick-templates2 libqt5svg5-dev
+    - name: build
+      run: ./build.sh