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+# This is the developer workflow for the wgrib2 project.
+#
+# Kyle Gerheiser, Ed Hartnett
+name: developer
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - develop
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - develop
+
+jobs:
+  developer:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      FC: gfortran
+      CC: gcc
+
+    steps:
+
+    - name: install
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install libnetcdf-dev libnetcdff-dev netcdf-bin pkg-config
+        sudo apt-get install libpng-dev autotools-dev autoconf
+
+    - name: checkout-jasper
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        repository: jasper-software/jasper
+        path: jasper
+        ref: version-1.900.1
+
+    - name: build-jasper
+      if: steps.cache-jasper.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+      run: |
+        cd jasper
+        ./configure --prefix=$HOME/Jasper
+        make
+        make install
+
+    - name: checkout-sp
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        repository: NOAA-EMC/NCEPLIBS-sp
+        path: sp
+        ref: develop
+
+    - name: build-sp
+      run: |
+        cd sp
+        mkdir build
+        cd build
+        cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/sp -DBUILD_8=ON ..
+        make -j2
+        make install
+
+    - name: checkout-ip2
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        repository: NOAA-EMC/NCEPLIBS-ip2
+        path: ip2
+        ref: develop
+
+    - name: build-ip2
+      run: |
+        cd ip2
+        mkdir build
+        cd build
+        cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/ip2 -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=~
+        make -j2
+        make install        
+
+    - name: checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with: 
+        path: wgrib2
+
+    - name: build
+      run: |
+        cd wgrib2
+        make VERBOSE=1