Create build-linux.yaml

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+# copied from Daniel Cook's Seq collection
+name: "Build-Linux"
+
+on: 
+  - push
+  - pull_request
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-24.04]
+        nimversion:
+        - stable
+        - devel
+
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    # Caching
+    - name: Cache choosenim
+      id: cache-choosenim
+      uses: actions/cache@v1
+      with:
+        path: ~/.choosenim
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-choosenim-stable
+
+    - name: Cache nimble
+      id: cache-nimble
+      uses: actions/cache@v1
+      with:
+        path: ~/.nimble
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-nimble-stable
+
+    # Install Dependencies
+    - name: Install dependencies (Linux)
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get -qy install  make build-essential cmake libncurses-dev ncurses-dev libbz2-dev lzma-dev liblzma-dev \
+             curl libssl-dev libtool autoconf automake libcurl4-openssl-dev zlib1g-dev
+
+
+    - uses: iffy/[email protected]
+      with:
+        version: ${{ matrix.nimversion }}
+
+    - name: Build and Test Linux executable
+      run: |
+        nimble build -y --verbose
+        ls -l bin/
+        bin/qax --version
+        bash test/all.sh
+        mv bin/qax bin/qax-linux
+    - name: Upload binary artifact
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: qax-linux
+        path: /home/runner/work/qax/qax/bin/qax-linux