Postgresql 9.5 or 9.6 for s390x

Question

The base version of postgresql available with SUSE Linux V11 SP3 is Postgresql 9.1 - s390x.

But we need postgresql 9.5 or 9.6 version for our zLinux instance deployed on s390x architecture.

I have only found two suitable packages from my search i.e:

• https://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/fedora/devel/rawhide/s390x/p/postgresql-server-9.6.1-1.fc26.s390x.html (But looks like it's for fedorea, so I am not sure whether it would be compatible on zLinux )
• Another one is https://github.com/linux-on-ibm-z/docs/wiki/Building-PostgreSQL-9.4-on-SLES11%E2%80%8B which tell how to build PostgreSQL 9.4 on SLES11.

Can anybody please point me to a link/tutorial to get it.

Answer 1

This provides you steps on building PostgresSQL 9.6 on the s390x platform. We have tried and tested.

git clone https://github.com/postgres/postgres.git
cd postgres/
git checkout REL9_6_2
./configure
make
make check
sudo make install

For more detailed steps and dependencies follow this link: https://github.com/linux-on-ibm-z/docs/wiki/Building-PostgreSQL-9.6

Should you face any issues with the same, please comment on this thread.