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+#!/bin/bash -
+#===============================================================================
+#
+#          FILE: build_on_travis.sh
+#
+#         USAGE: ./build_on_travis.sh
+#
+#   DESCRIPTION: 
+#
+#       OPTIONS: ---
+#  REQUIREMENTS: ---
+#          BUGS: ---
+#         NOTES: ---
+#        AUTHOR: Dilawar Singh (), dilawars@ncbs.res.in
+#  ORGANIZATION: NCBS Bangalore
+#       CREATED: Tuesday 27 June 2017 01:55:11  IST
+#      REVISION:  ---
+#===============================================================================
+
+set -o nounset                              # Treat unset variables as an error
+set -e
+
+gbp buildpackage  --git-ignore-branch --git-ignore-new -uc -us
+cd __moose-core_build && ctest --output-on-failure && cd ..
+sudo dpkg -D=2 -i ../moose*.deb
+cd ~ && python -c 'import moose; moose.test( timeout = 10 )'
+cd ~ && python -c 'import moogli'
+