Updated GHA python and nextflow versions

Author: nkongenelly

.github/workflows/run_tests.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           CAPSULE_LOG: none
         run: |
-          curl -s https://get.nextflow.io | bash
+          curl -fsSL https://github.com/nextflow-io/nextflow/releases/download/v24.10.4/nextflow -o nextflow | bash
           sudo mv nextflow /usr/local/bin/
       
       - name: Make Nextflow binary executable
@@ -35,11 +35,22 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: 3.9
+          python-version: 3.12
           architecture: x64
 
-      - name: Install test requirements
-        run: pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
+      - name: Install build dependencies and install test requirements
+        run: |
+          # Install system packages needed to build wheels for packages like lxml as it's missig in pytho 3.13
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y build-essential libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev python3-dev lib32z1-dev zlib1g-dev 
+          
+          # Install latest build tools and PEP 517 build dependencies
+          pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel build
+          pip install build hatchling setuptools-scm
+          
+          # Install Python requirements for tests
+          pip install lxml
+          pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: pytest tests