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+name: UMU Zipapp Build
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: debian:bookworm
+      volumes:
+        - /proc:/proc
+      options: --privileged -it
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: Update APT Cache
+      run: apt update -y
+
+    - name: Install build dependencies
+      run: apt build-dep -y ./ 
+
+    - name: Build
+      run: ./configure.sh --user-install
+
+    - name: Move DEB files to upload artifact path
+      run: mkdir -p results && cp -rvf builddir/umu-run results/
+
+    - name: Create symlink for launchers
+      run: cd results && ln -s umu-run umu_run.py && cd ..
+
+    - name: Upload artifact
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.0.0
+      with:
+        name: Binary Zipapp files
+        path: results/