How to install/start Postman native v4.10.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit?

Question

I downloaded Postman for Linux (from https://www.getpostman.com/apps), unpacked .tar.gz file into ~/bin/postman and then tried to execute ~/bin/postman/Postma

Answer 1

To do the same I did following in terminal-

$ wget https://dl.pstmn.io/download/latest/linux64 -O postman.tar.gz
$ sudo tar -xzf postman.tar.gz -C /opt
$ rm postman.tar.gz
$ sudo ln -s /opt/Postman/Postman /usr/bin/postman

1. Now open file system, move to /usr/bin/ and search form "Postman"
2. There was a sh file with name 'Postman'
3. Double clicked on it which opened postman.
4. Locked icon to launcher on right clicking its icon for further use.

Hope will hell others too.

Answer 2

Edit:

If you have snap or want to install it, just do:

$ sudo snap install postman

if you don't have it, install it as:

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install snapd

Another way is create an script:

First create this script:

create a file install-postman.sh, inside of it add:

#!/bin/bash
cd /tmp || exit
echo "Downloading Postman ..."
wget -q https://dl.pstmn.io/download/latest/linux?arch=64 -O postman.tar.gz
tar -xzf postman.tar.gz
rm postman.tar.gz

echo "Installing to opt..."
if [ -d "/opt/Postman" ];then
    sudo rm -rf /opt/Postman
fi
sudo mv Postman /opt/Postman

echo "Creating symbolic link..."
if [ -L "/usr/bin/postman" ];then
    sudo rm -f /usr/bin/postman
fi
sudo ln -s /opt/Postman/Postman /usr/bin/postman

echo "Installation completed successfully."
echo "You can use Postman!"

run it in terminal with:

$ sh install-postman.sh

Then create the desktop launcher:

Postman.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Postman
Exec=postman
Icon=/opt/Postman/resources/app/assets/icon.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Development;

Put this file in your desktop if you want (don't forget give to it execution permissions). Double click, and that's it!

Forever thanks to Aviskase (github acount name).

source -> https://gist.github.com/aviskase/e642248c35e400b56e2489430952369f#file-postman-desktop

Answer 3

sudo snap install postman

This single command worked for me.

Answer 4

open terminal and type command

sudo snap install postman

hit enter button if it asks for password enter and proceed it will install postman

If above solution doesn't work for you then you should install snap first to install it

sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd

when snap is installed successfully then u can use its packages and follow my solution for postman

Answer 5

don't forget to

chmod ~/.local/share/applications/postman.desktop +x

otherwise it won't show in the Unity Launcher

Answer 6

Don't forget to add sudo otherwise you will get postman.tar.gz: Permission denied error. And unlink postman if you get error like failed to create symbolic link /usr/bin/postman: File exists. So below is the full code:

sudo wget https://dl.pstmn.io/download/latest/linux64 -O postman.tar.gz
sudo tar -xzf postman.tar.gz -C /opt
sudo rm postman.tar.gz

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

Then just run postman in the terminal.