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+name: "Test building electron in ubuntu 20.04"
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pages: write
+  id-token: write
+
+concurrency:
+  group: "pages"
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 16
+      - run: npm ci
+      - run: npm run build
+      - run: npm run electron
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          path: ".build"
+