Add Containerfile

.github/workflows/container.yml

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+name: Publish container
+
+on:
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: [test]
+    types:
+      - completed
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  publish_container:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: podman login -u ${{ github.repository_owner }} -p ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} ghcr.io
+      - run: podman build -t ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }} .
+      - run: podman push ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}

Containerfile

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+FROM docker.io/python
+RUN apt update && apt install -y lbzip2
+COPY pyproject.toml README.md LICENSE .
+COPY src src
+RUN python -m pip install -U pip
+RUN python -m pip install --use-pep517 .
+ENTRYPOINT ["wiktwords"]

README.md

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 ### Installing
 
-Preparation: on Linux (example from Ubuntu 20.04), you may need to
+#### Use container:
+
+```
+$ podman run -it --rm ghcr.io/tatuylonen/wiktextract --help
+```
+
+#### Install from source:
+
+On Linux (example from Ubuntu 20.04), you may need to
 first install the `build-essential` and `python3-dev` packages
 with `apt update && apt install build-essential python3-dev python3-pip lbzip2`.
 
-Install `wiktextract` from source:
-
 ```
 git clone https://github.com/tatuylonen/wiktextract.git
 cd wiktextract
@@ -316,12 +322,6 @@ python -m pip install -U pip
 python -m pip install --use-pep517 .
 ```
 
-Alternatively, you can install the package from pypi.org:
-
-```
-python -m pip install wiktextract
-```
-
 This software requires Python 3.
 
 ### Running tests