The following build instructions have been tested with Python 3.5.1 on RHEL 6, 7 and SLES 11, 12 on IBM z Systems.

General Notes:
i) When following the steps below please use a standard permission user unless otherwise specified.

ii) A directory /<source_root>/ will be referred to in these instructions, this is a temporary writeable directory anywhere you'd like to place it.

All of the usable dependencies are available on the RHEL 6, 7 and SLES 11, 12. In particular,

• RHEL7

    sudo yum install -y gcc gcc-c++ make ncurses patch wget tar
  

• RHEL6

    sudo yum install -y gcc gcc-c++ make ncurses patch xz xz-devel wget tar
  

• SLES12

    sudo zypper install -y gcc gcc-c++ make ncurses patch wget tar
  

• SLES11

    sudo zypper install -y gcc gcc-c++ make ncurses patch zlib zlib-devel wget tar
  

1. Get the source.

    cd /<source_root>/
    wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.5.1/Python-3.5.1.tar.xz
    tar -xvf Python-3.5.1.tar.xz
   

2. Configure the build.Skipping this step will result in installing Python in default location /usr/local.

     cd /<source_root>/Python-3.5.1
    ./configure --prefix=<build-location> --exec-prefix=<build-location>
   

   For instance,

     cd /<source_root>/Python-3.5.1
    ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --exec-prefix=/usr/local
   

3. Build the source

    make
   

4. (Optional) Run the functional verification test suites.

    make test
   

   Note: Some test cases should be excecuted as root user

5. (Optional) Make verbose test suite.

     ./python -m test -v test_<suite_name>
   

   For instance,

    ./python -m test -v test_posix
   

6. Install the binaries.

     sudo make install
   

1. Release notes for Python 3.5.1