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+# This file is a template, and might need editing before it works on your project.
+# use the official gcc image, based on debian
+# can use verions as well, like gcc:5.2
+# see https://hub.docker.com/_/gcc/
+image: gcc
+
+stages:
+  - build
+
+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:
+        - "echo 'deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie main contrib \n deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie main contrib \n deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie-updates main contrib \n deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie-updates main contrib \n deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib \n deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib ' > /etc/apt/source.list"
+        - "apt-get update"
+        - "apt -y install build-essential git imagemagick libx11-dev libxext-dev libfreetype6-dev libpng-dev libjpeg-dev pkg-config fltk1.3-dev gcc-arm-none-eabi"
+    script:
+        - make clean
+        - make
+  #artifacts:
+  #  paths:
+  #    - mybinary
+      # depending on your build setup it's most likely a good idea to cache outputs to reduce the build time
+      # cache:
+      #   paths:
+      #     - "*.o"
+
+# run tests using the binary built before
+#test:
+#  stage: test
+#  script:
+#    - ./runmytests.sh