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+FROM ubuntu:16.04
+
+MAINTAINER mbredel "https://github.com/mbredel"
+
+# Install packages for building the LaTeX template.
+RUN apt-get -qq update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    make \
+    apt-utils \
+    texlive \
+    texlive-bibtex-extra \
+    texlive-fonts-extra \
+    texlive-lang-english \
+    texlive-lang-german \
+    texlive-latex-extra \
+    texlive-math-extra \
+    texlive-publishers \
+    texlive-science \
+    chktex
+
+# Copy the current LaTeX code to the Docker image.
+RUN mkdir -p /thesis-template
+COPY ./ /thesis-template/
+
+# Command to actually build the LaTeX code.
+CMD ["make", "--directory", "/thesis-template/", "test"]