added Dockerfile and instructions

Makefile.am

@@ -6,3 +6,13 @@ EXTRA_DIST = bootstrap.sh AUTHORS TODO NEWS README.md codemeta.json
 
 ChangeLog: NEWS
 	git pull; git2cl > ChangeLog
+
+docker:
+	docker build -t foliautils:latest .
+
+docker-dev:
+	docker build -t foliautils:dev --build-arg VERSION=development .
+
+deps:
+	./build-deps.sh
+

README.md

@@ -53,9 +53,11 @@ Contents of this distribution:
 - Sources
 - Licensing information ( COPYING )
 - Build system based on GNU Autotools
+- Dockerfile
 
 Dependencies:
-To be able to succesfully build libfolia from source, you need the following dependencies:
+To be able to succesfully build foliautils from source, you need the following dependencies:
+
 - ticcutils (https://github.com/LanguageMachines/ticcutils)
 - libfolia (https://github.com/LanguageMachines/libfolia)
 - ucto (https://github.com/LanguageMachines/ucto)
@@ -77,3 +79,11 @@ dependencies installed:
  - $ ./configure
  - $ make
  - $ make install
+
+If you want to automatically download and install the latest stable versions of
+the required dependencies, then run `./build-deps.sh` prior to the above. You
+can pass a target directory prefix as first argument and you may need to
+prepend `sudo` to ensure you can install there. The dependencies are:
+
+A `Dockerfile` for a container build is also available, specify `--build-arg VERSION=development` if you want the latest
+development version instead.

build-deps.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Builds necessary dependencies from source
+
+set -e
+
+[ -z "$VERSION" ] && VERSION=stable
+[ -z "$PREFIX" ] && [ -n "$1" ] && PREFIX=$1
+[ -z "$PREFIX" ] && PREFIX=/usr/local
+
+if [ "$VERSION" = "stable" ]; then 
+    echo "------------------------------------------------------------------------">&2
+    echo "    Building latest stable release of main dependencies from source.">&2
+    echo "------------------------------------------------------------------------">&2
+else
+    echo "------------------------------------------------------------------------">&2
+    echo "    Building development versions of main dependencie from source.">&2
+    echo "      (This is experimental and may contain bugs! DO NOT PUBLISH!)">&2
+    echo "-----------------------------------------------------------------------">&2
+fi
+
+PWD="$(pwd)"
+BUILDDIR="$(mktemp -dt "build-deps.XXXXXX")"
+cd "$BUILDDIR"
+BUILD_SOURCES="LanguageMachines/ticcutils LanguageMachines/libfolia LanguageMachines/uctodata LanguageMachines/ucto"
+for SUFFIX in $BUILD_SOURCES; do \
+    NAME="$(basename "$SUFFIX")"
+    git clone "https://github.com/$SUFFIX"
+    cd "$NAME"
+    REF=$(git tag -l | grep -E "^v?[0-9]+(\.[0-9])*" | sort -t. -k 1.2,1n -k 2,2n -k 3,3n -k 4,4n | tail -n 1)
+    if [ "$VERSION" = "stable" ] && [ -n "$REF" ]; then
+        git -c advice.detachedHead=false checkout "$REF"
+    fi
+    sh ./bootstrap.sh && ./configure --prefix "$PREFIX" && make && make install
+    cd ..
+done
+cd "$PWD"
+[ -n "$BUILDDIR" ] && rm -Rf "$BUILDDIR"