Installing Postman on Ubuntu/Gnome

installing-postman.md

Since Chrome apps are now being deprecated. Download postman from https://dl.pstmn.io/download/latest/linux

Although I highly recommend using a snap

sudo snap install postman

Installing Postman

tar -xzf Postman-linux-x64-5.3.2.tar.gz

If any version is installed before, remove it.

sudo rm -rf /opt/Postman

Move Postman

sudo mv Postman /opt/Postman

Create a symbolic link

sudo ln -s /opt/Postman/Postman /usr/bin/postman

Create a desktop file

cat > ~/.local/share/applications/postman.desktop <<EOL
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Postman
Exec=postman
# Before v6.1.2
# Icon=/opt/Postman/resources/app/assets/icon.png
Icon=/opt/Postman/app/resources/app/assets/icon.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Development;
EOL

Remove the tar:

rm Postman-linux-x64-5.3.2.tar.gz

Thanks, this short command worked for me,
sudo snap install postman

Thank you. Worked well on my end

Thanks, this short command worked for me, sudo snap install postman

Thanks for the guide 🙏 , it was helpful

Thanks for the guide it was really helpful. I loved it

Thanks

Thanks for this brilliant guide. Helped me to install 10.9.4 version.

thanks a lot

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Thank you.

and how now delete it from apps after snap install and delete via sudo rm -rf /opt/Postman

Awesome! Thank you!

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Perfect, thank you!

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Perfectly work. Thanks mate...

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Exec=/ust/bin/postman

ensure that there is no postman cli or other alias

thanks bro, sometimes, installing from snap is too slow to download. Your gist is help me. Cheers!

Works like a charm, thanks!!

Thanks for sharing this 👍
Postman works fine, but on Linux the snap/manual installs can be a bit tedious to maintain. Some people now prefer tools like Apidog that work out of the box on Linux and cover docs + testing in one place.