2016.03.04 時点で動いたもの
https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray/blob/master/unix/README.md
に書いてあるものだとうまくいかなかった人向け
# clone the sourcecode from original repo
$ubuntu git clone -b 3.7-stable https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray.git
# install required packages listed in https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray/blob/master/unix/README.md
$ubuntu sudo apt-get install libboost-dev libboost-date-time-dev libboost-thread-dev zlib1g-dev libpng12-dev libjpeg8-dev libtiff5-dev libopenexr-dev
$ubuntu cd povray/unix
# following sed commands are quoated from https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray/issues/54
$ubuntu sed 's/automake --w/automake --add-missing --w/g' -i prebuild.sh
$ubuntu sed 's/dist-bzip2/dist-bzip2 subdir-objects/g' -i configure.ac
$ubuntu ./prebuild.sh
$ubuntu cd ../
# http://askubuntu.com/questions/420100/pov-ray-installation-configure-error
$ubuntu ./configure COMPILED_BY="your name <email@address>" LIBS="-lboost_system -lboost_thread"
$ubuntu make
$ubuntu sudo make install