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+FROM debian:stretch
+MAINTAINER Chris Mungall <cjmungall@lbl.gov>
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install autoconf build-essential
+RUN apt-get install -y pkg-config
+
+WORKDIR /xml-make
+COPY . /xml-make
+RUN make
+CMD ./make-4.1/bin/xml-make4.1