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+#
+# Dockerfile for tesseract
+#
+
+FROM alpine
+MAINTAINER kev <noreply@datageek.info>
+
+RUN apk add -U autoconf \
+               automake \
+               build-base \
+               git \
+               libtool \
+    && git clone https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract.git \
+    && cd tesseract \
+    && wget http://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/leptonica-1.72-r0.apk \
+    && wget http://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/leptonica-dev-1.72-r0.apk \
+    && apk add leptonica-1.72-r0.apk leptonica-dev-1.72-r0.apk \
+    && ./autogen.sh \
+    && ./configure \
+    && make install \
+    && cd .. \
+    && rm -rf tesseract /var/cache/apk/* \
+    && apk del autoconf \
+               automake \
+               build-base \
+               git \
+               leptonica-dev \
+               libtool
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["tesseract"]
+CMD ["-h"]
+