diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 03c632b4..3e0050db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ jobs:
           apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y
           # install system packages
           apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends bash ca-certificates curl git libmpc3 make perl-base tar time xz-utils libc6:i386 zlib1g:i386
+          mkdir ../deps; cd ../deps; mkdir packages
           ### install python2-minimal packages from Debian-11
-          ## mkdir ../deps; cd ../deps; mkdir packages
           ## curl -sS -L -O https://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/python2.7/libpython2.7-minimal_2.7.18-8+deb11u1_amd64.deb
           ## curl -sS -L -O https://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/python2.7/python2.7-minimal_2.7.18-8+deb11u1_amd64.deb
           ## dpkg -i ./*python2*.deb && rm ./*python2*.deb && ldconfig