Success. You can now start the database server using:
/usr/lib/postgresql/9.6/bin/pg_ctl -D /var/lib/postgresql/9.6/main -l logfile start
Ver Cluster Port Status Owner Data directory Log file
9.6 main 5432 down postgres /var/lib/postgresql/9.6/main /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-9.6-main.log
update-alternatives: using /usr/share/postgresql/9.6/man/man1/postmaster.1.gz to provide /usr/share/man/man1/postmaster.1.gz (postmaster.1.gz) in auto mode
Setting up postgresql-contrib-9.6 (9.6.3-1.pgdg16.04+1) ...
Setting up sysstat (11.2.0-1ubuntu0.1) ...
Creating config file /etc/default/sysstat with new version
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/sar.sysstat to provide /usr/bin/sar (sar) in auto mode
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu16) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
How to install PostgreSQL 9.6 on any Ubuntu version