Thanks, I tried that, and also the directions at:
https://ubuntu4questions.wordpress.com/2015/01/13/how-do-i-install-the-ray-tracing-application-pov-ray-on-12-04/

Does that not load the master instead of the branch?
Still new to all of this, so not very clear on how to use github.

sogal@sogal-HP-ENVY-15-Notebook-PC:~$ cd povray
sogal@sogal-HP-ENVY-15-Notebook-PC:~/povray$ cd unix
sogal@sogal-HP-ENVY-15-Notebook-PC:~/povray/unix$ ./prebuild.sh
Detected autoconf 2.69
Detected automake 1.14.1
Create ../AUTHORS
Create ../ChangeLog
Create ../configure.ac
Create ../COPYING
Create ../NEWS
Create ../README
Create ../VERSION
Create ../povray.1
Create ../povray.conf
Create ../scripts/
Create ../ini/
Create ../include/
Create ../scenes/
Create ../INSTALL
Create ../icons/file_inc_classic_48.png
Create ../icons/file_pov_crystal_64.png
Create ../icons/file_pov_slick_16.png
Create ../icons/file_pov_classic_16.png
Create ../icons/file_inc_crystal_32.png
Create ../icons/file_pov_classic_32.png
Create ../icons/file_pov_classic_48.png
Create ../icons/file_pov_classic_64.png
Create ../icons/file_inc_crystal_64.png
Create ../icons/file_pov_crystal_16.png
Create ../icons/file_inc_slick_64.png
Create ../icons/file_inc_crystal_48.png
Create ../icons/file_inc_slick_16.png
Create ../icons/file_inc_classic_32.png
Create ../icons/povray_64.png
Create ../icons/povray_32.png
Create ../icons/file_pov_slick_48.png
Create ../icons/file_inc_slick_48.png
Create ../icons/file_inc_crystal_16.png
Create ../icons/file_inc_slick_32.png
Create ../icons/povray_16.png
Create ../icons/file_inc_classic_16.png
Create ../icons/file_inc_classic_64.png
Create ../icons/file_pov_slick_32.png
Create ../icons/povray_48.png
Create ../icons/file_pov_slick_64.png
Create ../icons/file_pov_crystal_48.png
Create ../icons/file_pov_crystal_32.png
Create ../doc/html
Create ./Makefile.am
Create ../kde_install.sh
Create ../povray.ini.in
Create ../Makefile.am
Create ../bootstrap
Create ../source/Makefile.am
Removing ../libraries/boost/boost
Create ../vfe/Makefile.am
Run ../bootstrap
+ rm -f config.log config.status
+ aclocal -I .
+ autoheader --warnings=all
+ automake --add-missing --warnings=all
configure.ac:185: installing 'unix/config/compile'
configure.ac:166: installing 'unix/config/config.guess'
configure.ac:166: installing 'unix/config/config.sub'
configure.ac:169: installing 'unix/config/install-sh'
configure.ac:169: installing 'unix/config/missing'
/usr/share/automake-1.14/am/library.am: warning: 'libpovray.a': linking
libraries using a non-POSIX
/usr/share/automake-1.14/am/library.am: archiver requires 'AM_PROG_AR' in
'configure.ac'
source/Makefile.am:32:   while processing library 'libpovray.a'
source/Makefile.am: installing 'unix/config/depcomp'
/usr/share/automake-1.14/am/library.am: warning: 'libvfe.a': linking libraries
using a non-POSIX
/usr/share/automake-1.14/am/library.am: archiver requires 'AM_PROG_AR' in
'configure.ac'
vfe/Makefile.am:32:   while processing library 'libvfe.a'
+ autoconf --warnings=all
configure.ac:295: warning: The macro `AC_LANG_SAVE' is obsolete.
configure.ac:295: You should run autoupdate.
.../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:125: AC_LANG_SAVE is expanded from...
unix/config/acx_pthread.m4:78: ACX_PTHREAD is expanded from...
configure.ac:295: the top level
configure.ac:295: warning: The macro `AC_LANG_C' is obsolete.
configure.ac:295: You should run autoupdate.
.../../lib/autoconf/c.m4:72: AC_LANG_C is expanded from...
unix/config/acx_pthread.m4:78: ACX_PTHREAD is expanded from...
configure.ac:295: the top level
configure.ac:295: warning: The macro `AC_TRY_LINK' is obsolete.
configure.ac:295: You should run autoupdate.
.../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2687: AC_TRY_LINK is expanded from...
unix/config/acx_pthread.m4:78: ACX_PTHREAD is expanded from...
configure.ac:295: the top level
configure.ac:295: warning: The macro `AC_LANG_RESTORE' is obsolete.
configure.ac:295: You should run autoupdate.
.../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:134: AC_LANG_RESTORE is expanded from...
unix/config/acx_pthread.m4:78: ACX_PTHREAD is expanded from...
configure.ac:295: the top level
+ cat ./configure
+ sed -e s,configure.gnu  --help=recursive,& --srcdir=$ac_srcdir,g -e s,\(cd
\)\($ac_\)\(pop\)*\(dir\),\1"\2\3\4",g -e
s,$am_aux_dir/missing,\\"$am_aux_dir\\"/missing,g
+ mv -f ./configure.tmp ./configure
+ chmod +x ./configure
+ rm -f -r ./autom4te.cache
sogal@sogal-HP-ENVY-15-Notebook-PC:~/povray/unix$ cd ..
sogal@sogal-HP-ENVY-15-Notebook-PC:~/povray$ ./configure COMPILED_BY="Andrew
<app### [at] gmailcom>"

===============================================================================
Configure POV-Ray version 3.7.1-alpha.8032017
===============================================================================

This is an unofficial version compiled by:
 Andrew <app### [at] gmailcom>
The POV-Ray Team(tm) is not responsible for supporting this version.

Environment
-----------
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking whether $C_INCLUDE_PATH contains the "." path... no
checking whether $CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH contains the "." path... no

Programs
--------
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
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checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
checking whether the g++ compiler works... yes
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
checking for C++ compiler vendor... gnu
checking for g++ version... 4.8
checking for ranlib... ranlib

Libraries
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checking whether to link with cygwin DLL... no
checking whether to enable static linking... no
checking for the pthreads library -lpthreads... no
checking whether pthreads work without any flags... no
checking whether pthreads work with -Kthread... no
checking whether pthreads work with -kthread... no
checking for the pthreads library -llthread... no
checking whether pthreads work with -pthread... yes
checking for joinable pthread attribute... PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE
checking if more special flags are required for pthreads... no
checking for boostlib >= 1.38... yes
checking whether the Boost::Thread library is available... yes
configure: error: Could not find a version of the library!

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