diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 24e0ff6..9189c38 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
   include:
     - os: linux
       dist: bionic
-      env: DOCKER_FROM="ubuntu:18.04"
+      env: CONTAINER_FROM="ubuntu:18.04"
       services:
         - docker
       addons:
diff --git a/buildScripts/Readme.md b/buildScripts/Readme.md
index 33fae62..4031cb5 100644
--- a/buildScripts/Readme.md
+++ b/buildScripts/Readme.md
@@ -52,16 +52,18 @@ For most users, you probably really want to simply download one of the
   
   (It will not currently work on MacOS or Alpine based machines).
 
-- [Docker](https://www.docker.com/) Image from the [`pdf2htmlEX` Docker 
+- [OCI](https://opencontainers.org/) Image from the [`pdf2htmlEX` Docker 
   hub](https://hub.docker.com/orgs/pdf2htmlex/repositories). 
 
-  This will work on any machine with Docker installed.
+  This will work on any machine with an OCI Container system (such as 
+  Docker, Podman, CRI-O, Kubernetes) installed. 
 
   (Note: that *advanced* use of `pdf2htmlEX` requires careful attention to 
   the configuration of various tools, such as fontconfig, iconv and your 
   locally available fonts use by the poppler and fontforge libraries. The 
-  docker images created by the pdf2htmlEX team might not be as well 
-  configured for *your needs* as a docker created and configured by you) 
+  OCI container images created by the pdf2htmlEX team might not be as well 
+  configured for *your needs* as an OCI container created and configured 
+  by you) 
 
 ### Building yourself
 
@@ -163,7 +165,7 @@ Typically, most users, will run one of the following "top-level" scripts:
 
      1. AppImage
 
-     2. Docker image
+     2. OCI Container image
 
      3. Debian archive
 
@@ -172,7 +174,7 @@ Typically, most users, will run one of the following "top-level" scripts:
 
      1. Alpine tar file
 
-     2. Docker image
+     2. OCI Container image
 
 3. **`runTests`**
 
@@ -229,12 +231,12 @@ Typically, most users, will run one of the following "top-level" scripts:
   `pdf2htmlEX`, installs it and `poppler-data` into a Debian archive 
   (`*.deb`). 
 
-- **`createDockerAlpineImageFromTarFile`**: Installs the Alpine tar file 
+- **`createContainerAlpineImageFromTarFile`**: Installs the Alpine tar file 
   archive of `pdf2htmlEX` created by `createAlpineTarFile` into an Alpine 
-  Docker image. 
+  Container. 
 
-- **`createDockerUbuntuImageFromDeb`**: Installs the Debian archive of 
-  `pdf2htmlEX` created by `createDebianPackage` into a Docker image. 
+- **`createContainerUbuntuImageFromDeb`**: Installs the Debian archive of 
+  `pdf2htmlEX` created by `createDebianPackage` into a Container. 
 
 - **`getBuildToolsAlpine`**: Locally `apk` installs all development 
   *tools* required to build `pdf2htmlEX`. 
@@ -283,13 +285,13 @@ Typically, most users, will run one of the following "top-level" scripts:
   `pdf2htmlEX/pdf2htmlEX/test` directory. See the 
   `pdf2htmlEX/pdf2htmlEx/test` directory's Readme file for details. 
 
-- **`uploadDockerImage`**: Upload the `pdf2htmlEX` Docker image to 
+- **`uploadContainerImage`**: Upload the `pdf2htmlEX` Container image to 
   Docker hub repository associated to the docker hub users specified in 
-  the `DOCKER_USERNAME` environement variable.
+  the `DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME` environement variable.
 
-  Unless the `DOCKER_USERNAME` and `DOCKER_PASSWORD` environment variables 
-  are pre-defined, this script will prompt the user for the respective 
-  values. 
+  Unless the `DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME` and `DOCKER_HUB_PASSWORD` environment 
+  variables are pre-defined, this script will prompt the user for the 
+  respective values. 
 
 - **`uploadGitHubRelease`**: Upload the `pdf2htmlEX` artefacts (AppImage, 
   Debian archive, test results, etc) to the *continuous* section of the 
diff --git a/buildScripts/buildInstallLocallyAlpine b/buildScripts/buildInstallLocallyAlpine
index 5a535bc..27a9cd8 100755
--- a/buildScripts/buildInstallLocallyAlpine
+++ b/buildScripts/buildInstallLocallyAlpine
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # This shell script builds the complete pdf2htmlEX application LOCALLY
-# (It does not create the AppImage or Docker images)
+# (It does not create the AppImage or Container images)
 
 # Adjust the following two environment variables to suit your needs
 #
diff --git a/buildScripts/buildInstallLocallyApt b/buildScripts/buildInstallLocallyApt
index a26afc4..6afd497 100755
--- a/buildScripts/buildInstallLocallyApt
+++ b/buildScripts/buildInstallLocallyApt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # This shell script builds the complete pdf2htmlEX application LOCALLY
-# (It does not create the AppImage or Docker images)
+# (It does not create the AppImage or Container images)
 
 # Adjust the following two environment variables to suit your needs
 #
diff --git a/buildScripts/buildInstallLocallyDnf b/buildScripts/buildInstallLocallyDnf
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..970062d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildScripts/buildInstallLocallyDnf
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This shell script builds the complete pdf2htmlEX application LOCALLY
+# (It does not create the AppImage or Container images)
+
+# Adjust the following two environment variables to suit your needs
+#
+export UNATTENDED="-y --setopt=install_weak_deps=False"
+export MAKE_PARALLEL="-j $(nproc)"
+
+# choose one of the following...
+#
+# export PDF2HTMLEX_BRANCH="<<YourTagHereWithNoSpaces>>"
+export PDF2HTMLEX_BRANCH="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
+
+# The following environment variable determines where the poppler,
+# poppler-data, fontforge and pdf2htmlEX packages are installed.
+# CHANGE IT TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS:
+#
+export PDF2HTMLEX_PREFIX=/usr/local
+
+# Ensure all Apt packages are installed with no user interaction
+#
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+set -ev
+
+################
+# do the build
+
+./buildScripts/versionEnvs
+
+./buildScripts/reportEnvs
+
+./buildScripts/getBuildToolsDnf
+
+./buildScripts/getDevLibrariesDnf
+
+./buildScripts/getPoppler
+
+./buildScripts/buildPoppler
+
+./buildScripts/getFontforge
+
+./buildScripts/buildFontforge
+
+./buildScripts/buildPdf2htmlEX
+
+./buildScripts/installPdf2htmlEX
diff --git a/buildScripts/createAlpineTarFile b/buildScripts/createAlpineTarFile
index da425f6..fe57736 100755
--- a/buildScripts/createAlpineTarFile
+++ b/buildScripts/createAlpineTarFile
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh 
 
-# This shell script creates a docker image from an existing pdf2htmlEX
+# This shell script creates a tar file which can use used to create an OCI 
+# container from an existing pdf2htmlEX.
 #
-# This is the part which can run *inside* a docker container.
+# This is the part which can run *inside* an OCI container.
 
 echo ""
 echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
-echo "CREATING pdf2htmlEX Docker Image (run inside a docker container)"
+echo "CREATING pdf2htmlEX Container Image (run inside an OCI container)"
 echo " (based on Alpine linux $BUILD_DIST)"
 echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
 echo ""
diff --git a/buildScripts/createAppImage b/buildScripts/createAppImage
index 1a72152..10809cc 100755
--- a/buildScripts/createAppImage
+++ b/buildScripts/createAppImage
@@ -53,15 +53,15 @@ cd ../imageBuild
 
 LINUX_DEPLOY_APP_IMAGE=linuxdeploy-$MACHINE_ARCH.AppImage
 
-wget https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy/releases/download/continuous/$LINUX_DEPLOY_APP_IMAGE
+wget $LINUX_DEPLOY_URL/$LINUX_DEPLOY_APP_IMAGE
 
 chmod a+x $LINUX_DEPLOY_APP_IMAGE
 
-if [ -f /.dockerenv ] ; then
-  # WE ARE INSIDE A DOCKER CONTAINER...
+if [ ! -w /dev/fuse ] ; then
+  # We are in an environment in which FUSE is not useable...
   #
   # We explicilty extract the appimage to a squashfs to allow it to be used 
-  # inside Docker containers
+  # even if FUSE is not available.
   #
   ./$LINUX_DEPLOY_APP_IMAGE --appimage-extract
   #
diff --git a/buildScripts/createContainerAlpineImageFromTarFile b/buildScripts/createContainerAlpineImageFromTarFile
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2a6a804
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildScripts/createContainerAlpineImageFromTarFile
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#!/bin/sh 
+
+# This shell script creates a container image from an existing pdf2htmlEX
+#
+# This is the part which must be run *outside* of any OCI container.
+
+echo ""
+echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
+echo "CREATING pdf2htmlEX Container Image (run outside any OCI container)"
+echo " (based on Alpine linux $BUILD_DIST)"
+echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
+echo ""
+
+# Collect everything that will be needed...
+
+# source buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
+. buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
+
+set -ev
+
+mkdir -p imageBuild/containerDir
+
+cd imageBuild/containerDir
+
+cp ../$ALPINE_NAME.* .
+
+if [ -z "$CONTAINER_FROM" ]; then
+  echo ""
+  read -p "Enter the container image for the 'from' base: " CONTAINER_FROM
+  echo ""
+  if [ -z "$CONTAINER_FROM" ]; then
+    echo "CONTAINER_FROM not set... so we can not build the container image"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME" ]; then
+  echo ""
+  read -p "Enter a docker hub username: " DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME
+  echo ""
+  if [ -z "$DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME" ]; then
+    echo "DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME not set... so we can not build the container image"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [ -x "$(which podman)" ]; then
+  alias docker=podman
+fi
+
+export CONTAINER_NAME="$DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME/pdf2htmlex:$PDF2HTMLEX_NAME"
+
+echo "export CONTAINER_FROM=\"$CONTAINER_FROM\""           >> ../../buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
+echo "export DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME=\"$DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME\"" >> ../../buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
+echo "export CONTAINER_NAME=\"$CONTAINER_NAME\""           >> ../../buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
+
+cat > Dockerfile <<DOCKERFILE_HERE_DOC
+FROM $CONTAINER_FROM
+
+COPY ./$ALPINE_NAME.* /root/
+
+WORKDIR /root
+
+RUN chmod a+x $ALPINE_NAME.install && \
+  ./$ALPINE_NAME.install
+  
+# make the /pdf directory the default working directory for any run of 
+# pdf2htmlEX 
+#
+WORKDIR /pdf
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["$PDF2HTMLEX_PREFIX/bin/pdf2htmlEX"]
+DOCKERFILE_HERE_DOC
+
+cd ..
+
+docker build -t $CONTAINER_NAME containerDir
diff --git a/buildScripts/createContainerUbuntuImageFromDeb b/buildScripts/createContainerUbuntuImageFromDeb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..da3072b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildScripts/createContainerUbuntuImageFromDeb
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#!/bin/sh 
+
+# This shell script creates an OCI container from an existing pdf2htmlEX
+#
+# This is the part which must be run *outside* of any OCI container.
+
+echo ""
+echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
+echo "CREATING pdf2htmlEX OCI Container Image (from deb archive)"
+echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
+echo ""
+
+# Collect everything that will be needed...
+
+# source buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
+. buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
+
+set -ev
+
+cd imageBuild
+
+mkdir -p containerDir
+
+cp $DPKG_NAME containerDir
+
+cd containerDir
+
+if [ -z "$CONTAINER_FROM" ]; then
+  echo ""
+  read -p "Enter the container image for the 'from' base: " CONTAINER_FROM
+  echo ""
+  if [ -z "$CONTAINER_FROM" ]; then
+    echo "CONTAINER_FROM not set... so we can not build the container image"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME" ]; then
+  echo ""
+  read -p "Enter a docker hub username: " DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME
+  echo ""
+  if [ -z "$DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME" ]; then
+    echo "DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME not set... so we can not build the container image"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [ -x "$(which podman)" ]; then
+  alias docker=podman
+fi
+
+export CONTAINER_NAME="$DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME/pdf2htmlex:$PDF2HTMLEX_NAME"
+
+echo "export CONTAINER_FROM=\"$CONTAINER_FROM\""           >> ../../buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
+echo "export DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME=\"$DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME\"" >> ../../buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
+echo "export CONTAINER_NAME=\"$CONTAINER_NAME\""           >> ../../buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
+
+cat > Dockerfile <<DOCKERFILE_HERE_DOC
+FROM $CONTAINER_FROM
+
+COPY ./$DPKG_NAME /root
+
+RUN   apt update && \
+  apt -y upgrade && \
+  apt -y --no-install-recommends install \
+    /root/$DPKG_NAME
+
+# make the /pdf directory the default working directory for any run of 
+# pdf2htmlEX 
+#
+WORKDIR /pdf
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["$PDF2HTMLEX_PREFIX/bin/pdf2htmlEX"]
+DOCKERFILE_HERE_DOC
+
+cd ..
+
+docker build -t $CONTAINER_NAME containerDir
diff --git a/buildScripts/createDockerAlpineImageFromTarFile b/buildScripts/createDockerAlpineImageFromTarFile
deleted file mode 100755
index 5f4d5b4..0000000
--- a/buildScripts/createDockerAlpineImageFromTarFile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh 
-
-# This shell script creates a docker image from an existing pdf2htmlEX
-#
-# This is the part which must be run *outside* of any docker container.
-
-echo ""
-echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
-echo "CREATING pdf2htmlEX Docker Image (run outside any docker container)"
-echo " (based on Alpine linux $BUILD_DIST)"
-echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
-echo ""
-
-# Collect everything that will be needed...
-
-# source buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
-. buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
-
-set -ev
-
-mkdir -p imageBuild/dockerDir
-
-cd imageBuild/dockerDir
-
-cp ../$ALPINE_NAME.* .
-
-if [ -z "$DOCKER_FROM" ]; then
-  echo ""
-  read -p "Enter the docker image for the 'from' base: " DOCKER_FROM
-  echo ""
-  if [ -z "$DOCKER_FROM" ]; then
-    echo "DOCKER_FROM not set... so we can not build the docker image"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-fi
-
-if [ -z "$DOCKER_USERNAME" ]; then
-  echo ""
-  read -p "Enter a docker username: " DOCKER_USERNAME
-  echo ""
-  if [ -z "$DOCKER_USERNAME" ]; then
-    echo "DOCKER_USERNAME not set... so we can not build the docker image"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-fi
-
-export DOCKER_NAME="$DOCKER_USERNAME/pdf2htmlex:$PDF2HTMLEX_NAME"
-
-echo "export DOCKER_FROM=\"$DOCKER_FROM\""         >> ../../buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
-echo "export DOCKER_USERNAME=\"$DOCKER_USERNAME\"" >> ../../buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
-echo "export DOCKER_NAME=\"$DOCKER_NAME\""         >> ../../buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
-
-cat > Dockerfile <<DOCKERFILE_HERE_DOC
-FROM $DOCKER_FROM
-
-COPY ./$ALPINE_NAME.* /root/
-
-WORKDIR /root
-
-RUN chmod a+x $ALPINE_NAME.install && \
-  ./$ALPINE_NAME.install
-  
-# make the /pdf directory the default working directory for any run of 
-# pdf2htmlEX 
-#
-WORKDIR /pdf
-
-ENTRYPOINT ["$PDF2HTMLEX_PREFIX/bin/pdf2htmlEX"]
-DOCKERFILE_HERE_DOC
-
-cd ..
-
-docker build -t $DOCKER_NAME dockerDir
diff --git a/buildScripts/createDockerUbuntuImageFromDeb b/buildScripts/createDockerUbuntuImageFromDeb
deleted file mode 100755
index f779290..0000000
--- a/buildScripts/createDockerUbuntuImageFromDeb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh 
-
-# This shell script creates a docker image from an existing pdf2htmlEX
-#
-# This is the part which must be run *outside* of any docker container.
-
-echo ""
-echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
-echo "CREATING pdf2htmlEX Docker Image (from deb archive)"
-echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
-echo ""
-
-# Collect everything that will be needed...
-
-# source buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
-. buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
-
-set -ev
-
-cd imageBuild
-
-mkdir -p dockerDir
-
-cp $DPKG_NAME dockerDir
-
-cd dockerDir
-
-if [ -z "$DOCKER_FROM" ]; then
-  echo ""
-  read -p "Enter the docker image for the 'from' base: " DOCKER_FROM
-  echo ""
-  if [ -z "$DOCKER_FROM" ]; then
-    echo "DOCKER_FROM not set... so we can not build the docker image"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-fi
-
-if [ -z "$DOCKER_USERNAME" ]; then
-  echo ""
-  read -p "Enter a docker username: " DOCKER_USERNAME
-  echo ""
-  if [ -z "$DOCKER_USERNAME" ]; then
-    echo "DOCKER_USERNAME not set... so we can not build the docker image"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-fi
-
-export DOCKER_NAME="$DOCKER_USERNAME/pdf2htmlex:$PDF2HTMLEX_NAME"
-
-echo "export DOCKER_FROM=\"$DOCKER_FROM\""         >> ../../buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
-echo "export DOCKER_USERNAME=\"$DOCKER_USERNAME\"" >> ../../buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
-echo "export DOCKER_NAME=\"$DOCKER_NAME\""         >> ../../buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
-
-cat > Dockerfile <<DOCKERFILE_HERE_DOC
-FROM $DOCKER_FROM
-
-COPY ./$DPKG_NAME /root
-
-RUN   apt update && \
-  apt -y upgrade && \
-  apt -y --no-install-recommends install \
-    /root/$DPKG_NAME
-
-# make the /pdf directory the default working directory for any run of 
-# pdf2htmlEX 
-#
-WORKDIR /pdf
-
-ENTRYPOINT ["$PDF2HTMLEX_PREFIX/bin/pdf2htmlEX"]
-DOCKERFILE_HERE_DOC
-
-cd ..
-
-docker build -t $DOCKER_NAME dockerDir
diff --git a/buildScripts/createImagesAlpine b/buildScripts/createImagesAlpine
index 5649a53..9f70376 100755
--- a/buildScripts/createImagesAlpine
+++ b/buildScripts/createImagesAlpine
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -ev
 
-# This shell script creates the pdf2htmlEX AppImage and Docker Images
+# This shell script creates the pdf2htmlEX AppImage and Container Images
 
 #################
 # do the creation
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ set -ev
 
 ./buildScripts/createAlpineTarFile
 
-if [ -x "$(which docker)" ]; then
-  ./buildScripts/createDockerAlpineImageFromTarFile
+if [ -x "$(which docker)" -o -x "$(which podman)" ]; then
+  ./buildScripts/createContainerAlpineImageFromTarFile
 fi
-
-
-
diff --git a/buildScripts/createImagesApt b/buildScripts/createImagesApt
index 15fec40..cf0095e 100755
--- a/buildScripts/createImagesApt
+++ b/buildScripts/createImagesApt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -ev
 
-# This shell script creates the pdf2htmlEX AppImage and Docker Images
+# This shell script creates the pdf2htmlEX AppImage and Container Images
 
 #################
 # do the creation
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ set -ev
 
 ./buildScripts/createDebianPackage
 
-if [ -x "$(which docker)" ]; then
-  ./buildScripts/createDockerUbuntuImageFromDeb
+if [ -x "$(which docker)" -o -x "$(which podman)" ]; then
+  ./buildScripts/createContainerUbuntuImageFromDeb
 fi
-
-
-
diff --git a/buildScripts/getBuildToolsDnf b/buildScripts/getBuildToolsDnf
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6168f46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildScripts/getBuildToolsDnf
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This shell script automates getting the required build tools (dnf install)
+
+# set the shell environment variable 'UNATTENDED' to 
+# '--setopt=install_weak_deps=False' for unattended use (for example in 
+# the .travis.yml script) 
+
+echo ""
+echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
+echo "INSTALLING Build Tools (using DNF)"
+echo "  (UNATTENDED: [$UNATTENDED])"
+echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
+echo ""
+
+set -ev
+
+sudo dnf $UNATTENDED install  \
+  sudo                        \
+  wget                        \
+  git                         \
+  pkg-config                  \
+  ruby                        \
+  autoconf                    \
+  libtool                     \
+  cmake                       \
+  make                        \
+  gcc                         \
+  g++                         \
+  dpkg                        \
+  dpkg-dev                    \
+  gettext                     \
+  java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless \
+  jq
+
diff --git a/buildScripts/getDevLibrariesDnf b/buildScripts/getDevLibrariesDnf
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ca12ea2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildScripts/getDevLibrariesDnf
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This shell script automates getting the development libraries required to 
+# build poppler and fontforge
+
+# set the shell environment variable 'UNATTENDED' to 
+# '--setopt=install_weak_deps=False' for unattended use (for example in 
+# the .travis.yml script) 
+
+echo ""
+echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
+echo "INSTALLING development libraries (using DNF)"
+echo "  (UNATTENDED: [$UNATTENDED])"
+echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
+echo ""
+
+set -ev
+
+sudo dnf $UNATTENDED install \
+  cairo-devel                \
+  libpng-devel               \
+  libjpeg-turbo-devel        \
+  libxml2-devel
diff --git a/buildScripts/reportEnvs b/buildScripts/reportEnvs
index b24a198..b517522 100755
--- a/buildScripts/reportEnvs
+++ b/buildScripts/reportEnvs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # source ./buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
 . ./buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
 
+echo ""
 echo "TravisCI env:"
 echo "             dist: [$TRAVIS_DIST]"
 echo "              tag: [$TRAVIS_TAG]"
@@ -12,12 +13,16 @@ echo "           branch: [$TRAVIS_BRANCH]"
 echo "           commit: [$TRAVIS_COMMIT]"
 echo "        build dir: [$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR]"
 echo "        repo slug: [$TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG]"
+echo ""
 
 echo "Build env:"
 echo "           prefix: [$PDF2HTMLEX_PREFIX]"
 echo "       unattended: [$UNATTENDED]"
 echo "    make parallel: [$MAKE_PARALLEL]"
+echo "               OS: [$BUILD_OS]"
 echo "     distribution: [$BUILD_DIST]"
+echo "  linuxdeploy url: [$LINUX_DEPLOY_URL]"
+echo ""
 
 echo "pdf2htmlEX env:"
 echo "          version: [$PDF2HTMLEX_VERSION]"
@@ -25,12 +30,14 @@ echo "          poppler: [$POPPLER_VERSION]"
 echo "        fontforge: [$FONTFORGE_VERSION]"
 echo "       pdf2htmlEX: [$PDF2HTMLEX_BRANCH]"
 echo "     machine arch: [$MACHINE_ARCH]"
+echo ""
 
 echo "release env:"
 echo "       build date: [$BUILD_DATE]"
 echo "       build time: [$BUILD_TIME]"
-echo "      docker from: [$DOCKER_FROM]"
-echo "      docker name: [$DOCKER_NAME]"
+echo "   container from: [$CONTAINER_FROM]"
+echo "   container name: [$CONTAINER_NAME]"
 echo "    appImage name: [$APPIMAGE_NAME]"
 echo "        dpkg name: [$DPKG_NAME]"
 echo "uploadTool suffix: [$UPLOADTOOL_SUFFIX]"
+echo ""
diff --git a/buildScripts/travisLinuxDoItAll b/buildScripts/travisLinuxDoItAll
index 4d3e697..97a440e 100755
--- a/buildScripts/travisLinuxDoItAll
+++ b/buildScripts/travisLinuxDoItAll
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ./buildScripts/runTests
 ./buildScripts/createAppImage
 ./buildScripts/createDebianPackage
-./buildScripts/createDockerUbuntuImageFromDeb
+#./buildScripts/createContainerUbuntuImageFromDeb
 #./buildScripts/uploadGitHubRelease
-#./buildScripts/uploadDockerImage
+#./buildScripts/uploadContainerImage
diff --git a/buildScripts/uploadContainerImage b/buildScripts/uploadContainerImage
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2741ae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildScripts/uploadContainerImage
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This shell script uploads the pdf2htmlEX container image to docker hub
+#
+# We EXPECT the following environment variables to be set:
+#    DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME
+#
+# You can OPTIONALLY set the following environment variables:
+#    DOCKER_HUB_PASSWORD  (if not set you will be asked for your password)
+#
+
+# source ./buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
+. ./buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
+
+echo ""
+echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
+echo "UPLOADING pdf2htmlEX Container Image to Docker Hub"
+echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
+echo ""
+
+##################################
+# push container image
+#
+if [ -x "$(which docker)" -o -x "$(which podman)" ]; then
+
+  if [ ! -x "$(which docker)"]; then
+    alias docker=podman
+  fi
+
+  if [ -z "$DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME" ]; then
+    echo ""
+    read -p "Enter the Docker hub usernane): " DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME
+    echo ""
+    if [ -z "$DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME" ]; then
+      echo "DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME not set... so we do not know where to push image."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  if [ -z "$DOCKER_HUB_PASSWORD" ]; then
+    echo ""
+    echo "Please type your the Docker hub password"
+    docker login -u "$DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME"
+  else
+    echo "$DOCKER_HUB_PASSWORD" | docker login -u "$DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME" --password-stdin
+  fi
+
+  docker push $DOCKER_USERNAME/pdf2htmlex
+
+else
+  echo "Neither Docker nor Podman are installed... skipping upload of container image."
+fi
+
diff --git a/buildScripts/uploadDockerImage b/buildScripts/uploadDockerImage
deleted file mode 100755
index 48cb0ec..0000000
--- a/buildScripts/uploadDockerImage
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# This shell script uploads the pdf2htmlEX docker image to docker hub
-#
-# We EXPECT the following environment variables to be set:
-#    DOCKER_USERNAME
-#
-# You can OPTIONALLY set the following environment variables:
-#    DOCKER_PASSWORD  (if not set you will be asked for your password)
-#
-
-# source ./buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
-. ./buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
-
-echo ""
-echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
-echo "UPLOADING pdf2htmlEX Docker Image to Docker Hub"
-echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
-echo ""
-
-##################################
-# push docker image
-#
-if [ -x "$(which docker)" ]; then
-
-  if [ -z "$DOCKER_USERNAME" ]; then
-    echo ""
-    read -p "Enter the Docker usernane): " DOCKER_USERNAME
-    echo ""
-    if [ -z "$DOCKER_USERNAME" ]; then
-      echo "DOCKER_USERNAME not set... so we do not know where to push image."
-      exit 1
-    fi
-  fi
-
-  if [ -z "$DOCKER_PASSWORD" ]; then
-    echo ""
-    echo "Please type your the Docker hub password"
-    docker login -u "$DOCKER_USERNAME"
-  else
-    echo "$DOCKER_PASSWORD" | docker login -u "$DOCKER_USERNAME" --password-stdin
-  fi
-
-  docker push $DOCKER_USERNAME/pdf2htmlex
-
-else
-  echo "Docker is not installed... skipping upload of docker image."
-fi
-
diff --git a/buildScripts/uploadGitHubRelease b/buildScripts/uploadGitHubRelease
index ffde585..fab443f 100755
--- a/buildScripts/uploadGitHubRelease
+++ b/buildScripts/uploadGitHubRelease
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 #
 # We EXPECT the following environment variables to be set:
 #    GITHUB_TOKEN
-#    DOCKER_USERNAME
+#    DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME
 #
 # You can OPTIONALLY set the following environment variables:
-#    DOCKER_PASSWORD  (if not set you will be asked for your password)
+#    DOCKER_HUB_PASSWORD  (if not set you will be asked for your password)
 #
 
 # source ./buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ cp ./buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs imageBuild/buildInfo.sh
 
 echo ""
 echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
-echo "UPLOADING pdf2htmlEX AppImage and Docker Images"
+echo "UPLOADING pdf2htmlEX AppImage and Container Images"
 echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
 echo ""
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ echo "  login    $GITHUB_USERNAME" >> $HOME/.netrc
 echo "  password $GITHUB_TOKEN"    >> $HOME/.netrc
 
 echo $APPIMAGE_NAME     > appImageName.txt
-echo $DOCKER_NAME       > dockerImageName.txt
+echo $CONTAINER_NAME    > containerImageName.txt
 echo $DPKG_NAME         > debianArchiveName.txt
 echo $TEST_RESULTS_NAME > testResultsName.txt
 
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ deleteReleaseByTag "$TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG" "continuous-$BUILD_DIST"
 createNewRelease   "$TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG" "continuous-$BUILD_DIST" "Latest $BUILD_DIST release" \
   ../buildScripts/uploadGitHubReleaseMessage
 
-uploadAnAsset $upload_url "appImageName.txt"      "text/plain"
-uploadAnAsset $upload_url "testResultsName.txt"   "text/plain"
-uploadAnAsset $upload_url "buildInfo.sh"          "text/plain"
-uploadAnAsset $upload_url "dockerImageName.txt"   "text/plain"
-uploadAnAsset $upload_url "debianArchiveName.txt" "text/plain"
-uploadAnAsset $upload_url $APPIMAGE_NAME          "application/zip"
-uploadAnAsset $upload_url $TEST_RESULTS_NAME      "application/zip"
-uploadAnAsset $upload_url $DPKG_NAME              "application/x-debian-package"
+uploadAnAsset $upload_url "appImageName.txt"       "text/plain"
+uploadAnAsset $upload_url "testResultsName.txt"    "text/plain"
+uploadAnAsset $upload_url "buildInfo.sh"           "text/plain"
+uploadAnAsset $upload_url "containerImageName.txt" "text/plain"
+uploadAnAsset $upload_url "debianArchiveName.txt"  "text/plain"
+uploadAnAsset $upload_url $APPIMAGE_NAME           "application/zip"
+uploadAnAsset $upload_url $TEST_RESULTS_NAME       "application/zip"
+uploadAnAsset $upload_url $DPKG_NAME               "application/x-debian-package"
 
diff --git a/buildScripts/uploadGitHubReleaseMessage b/buildScripts/uploadGitHubReleaseMessage
index 0070e94..0b1bccc 100644
--- a/buildScripts/uploadGitHubReleaseMessage
+++ b/buildScripts/uploadGitHubReleaseMessage
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ We release three types of binary objects:
    While the Debian archive is built on a specific Ubuntu release, it can 
    usually be used on any more recent Ubuntu releases. 
 
-3. You can alternatively get pdf2htmlEX Docker images from Docker Hub in 
+3. You can alternatively get pdf2htmlEX Container images from Docker Hub in 
    either of the repositories: 
 
        pdf2htmlEX/pdf2htmlEX (offical release)
diff --git a/buildScripts/uploadImages b/buildScripts/uploadImages
index 28760a0..f0e9224 100755
--- a/buildScripts/uploadImages
+++ b/buildScripts/uploadImages
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# This shell script uploads already existing pdf2htmlEX AppImage and Docker 
+# This shell script uploads already existing pdf2htmlEX AppImage and Container
 # Images
 
 ################
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 
 set -ev
 
-./buildScripts/reportEnvs          || { echo 'reportEnvs FAILED'        ; exit 1 ; }
+./buildScripts/reportEnvs           || { echo 'reportEnvs FAILED'           ; exit 1 ; }
 
-./buildScripts/uploadGitHubRelease || { echo 'uploadGitHubRelease FAILED' ; exit 1 ; }
+./buildScripts/uploadGitHubRelease  || { echo 'uploadGitHubRelease FAILED'  ; exit 1 ; }
 
-./buildScripts/uploadDockerImage   || { echo 'uploadDockerImage   FAILED' ; exit 1 ; }
+./buildScripts/uploadContainerImage || { echo 'uploadContainerImage FAILED' ; exit 1 ; }
 
 
diff --git a/buildScripts/versionEnvs b/buildScripts/versionEnvs
index 53a58ac..914d064 100755
--- a/buildScripts/versionEnvs
+++ b/buildScripts/versionEnvs
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 # versions
 
 # see: https://poppler.freedesktop.org/releases.html
-# current working: 0.83.0
+# current working: 0.89.0
 
-export PDF2HTMLEX_VERSION=0.18.8.rc1
+export PDF2HTMLEX_VERSION=0.18.8.rc2
 
 export POPPLER_VERSION=poppler-0.89.0
 #export POPPLER_VERSION=poppler-0.88.0
@@ -29,6 +29,21 @@ export FONTFORGE_VERSION=20200314
 #export FONTFORGE_VERSION=20190317
 #export FONTFORGE_VERSION=20170731
 
+##################################################################
+# Specify a working version of linuxDeploy to build the appImage
+#
+# see: https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy/issues/142#issuecomment-669910999
+#
+# The following is the most up to date version of linuxdeploy:
+#
+#export LINUX_DEPLOY_URL=https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy/releases/download/continuous
+#
+# The following is a recent known to work version of linuxdeploy from 2020/Aug/05
+#
+export LINUX_DEPLOY_URL=https://artifacts.assassinate-you.net/artifactory/list/linuxdeploy/travis-456
+
+###################################################################
+
 if [ -z "$PDF2HTMLEX_BRANCH" ]; then
   export PDF2HTMLEX_BRANCH="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
   if [ -z "$PDF2HTMLEX_BRANCH" ]; then
@@ -42,16 +57,22 @@ if [ -z "$PDF2HTMLEX_BRANCH" ]; then
   fi
 fi
 
-if test -r /etc/lsb-release ; then
-  cat /etc/lsb-release
-  # source /etc/lsb-release
-  . /etc/lsb-release
-  export BUILD_DIST=$DISTRIB_CODENAME
-  export BUILD_OS=$DISTRIB_ID
-elif test -r /etc/alpine-release ; then
-  cat /etc/alpine-release
-  export BUILD_OS=alpine
-  export BUILD_DIST=$(cat /etc/alpine-release)
+# Following @ViliusSutkus89's suggestion in
+#   PR https://github.com/pdf2htmlEX/pdf2htmlEX/pull/77
+# We have replaced the use of lsb-release/alpine-release
+# with the freedesktop.org's os-release based system to
+# obtain the distribution release information....
+#
+# See: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/os-release.html
+#
+if test -r /etc/os-release ; then
+  cat /etc/os-release
+  export BUILD_OS=$(grep '^ID=' /etc/os-release | cut -d'=' -f2)
+  export BUILD_DIST=$(grep '^VERSION_ID=' /etc/os-release | cut -d'=' -f2)
+elif test -r /usr/lib/os-release ; then
+  cat /usr/lib/os-release
+  export BUILD_OS=$(grep '^ID=' /usr/lib/os-release | cut -d'=' -f2)
+  export BUILD_DIST=$(grep '^VERSION_ID=' /usr/lib/os-release | cut -d'=' -f2)
 else
   echo "FAILURE: could not determine release"
   exit -1
@@ -76,3 +97,4 @@ echo "export BUILD_DIST=\"$BUILD_DIST\""                 >> buildScripts/reSourc
 echo "export BUILD_DATE=\"$BUILD_DATE\""                 >> buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
 echo "export BUILD_TIME=\"$BUILD_TIME\""                 >> buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
 echo "export PDF2HTMLEX_PREFIX=\"$PDF2HTMLEX_PREFIX\""   >> buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
+echo "export LINUX_DEPLOY_URL=\"$LINUX_DEPLOY_URL\""     >> buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
diff --git a/pdf2htmlEX/test/installAutomaticTestSoftwareDnf b/pdf2htmlEX/test/installAutomaticTestSoftwareDnf
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f1e87ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pdf2htmlEX/test/installAutomaticTestSoftwareDnf
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -ev 
+
+# This shell script installs all local software required to run the 
+# pdf2htmlEX tests 
+
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+# Start by making sure all required apt packages exist
+#
+sudo dnf -y --setopt=install_weak_deps=False install \
+  wget                 \
+  diffutils            \
+  zip                  \
+  python3              \
+  python3-pip          \
+  xorg-x11-server-Xvfb \
+  firefox
+
+# Now get the geckodriver for firefox (as required by selenium)
+#
+oldPWD=$(pwd)
+cd /tmp
+#
+wget https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases/download/v0.26.0/geckodriver-v0.26.0-linux64.tar.gz
+#
+tar xvf geckodriver-v0.26.0-linux64.tar.gz
+#
+sudo mv geckodriver /usr/local/bin
+#
+cd $oldPWD
+
+# Now make sure all python packages exist (install into the local user's 
+# PyPI archive) 
+#
+pip3 install \
+  selenium  \
+  Pillow