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+name: Deploy to shinyapps.io
+on:
+
+  # run on any push 
+  push:
+
+  # run on request (via button in actions menu)
+  workflow_dispatch:
+      
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    name: Deploy to shinyapps
+
+    # allow skipping deployment for commits containing '[automated]' or '[no-deploy]' in the commit message
+    if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[automated]') && !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[no-deploy]')"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      # Step 1: Check out the code from the repository
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2-branch
+
+      # Step 2: Install the required Debian packages
+      - name: Install system dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y librsvg2-dev 
+          sudo apt install cmake
+
+
+      # Step 3: Verify that pkg-config can find the libraries
+      - name: Verify pkg-config for librsvg
+        run: |
+          pkg-config --modversion librsvg-2.0
+          
+      # Step 4: Cache R packages
+      - name: Cache R packages
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: ~/.R/library
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-R-${{ hashFiles('**/renv.lock') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-R-
+            
+      # Step 5: Install R packages
+      - name: Install shiny
+        run: |
+          install.packages(c("shiny",
+          "renv",
+          "rsconnect",
+          "rsvg",
+          "shinycssloaders",
+          "tidyverse",
+          "svglite",
+          "plotly",
+          "ggcorrplot",
+          "DT",
+          "broom",
+          "ggpp",
+          "ggpubr",
+          "gridExtra",
+          "grid",
+          "foreach",
+          "shinyjs",
+          "lubridate",
+          "emojifont",
+          "showtext",
+          "patchwork",
+          "IRkernel"))
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+          
+      # Step 6: Deploy to shinyapps.io
+      - name: Push to shiny.io
+        run: |
+          "rsconnect::setAccountInfo(name='easyeyes', token=${{secrets.TOKEN}}, secret=${{secrets.SECRET}})"
+          "rsconnect::deployApp(appName = 'easyeyes_app')" 
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+