1. Postman Download Link
Extract .tar.gz Files using Linux Command Line ...
sudo tar -xvzf FileName.tar.gz
Give full permission to Postman folder
sudo chmod -R 777 Postman
Next step is to Create postman.desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications/
path
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Goto path
cd ~/.local/share/applications/
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Create file
sudo touch postman.desktop
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Modify file using nano editor
sudo nano ~/.local/share/applications/postman.desktop
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Add the following contents in the file:
This works in Unity and GNOME desktop environments.
For Linux Ubuntu
[Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Name=Postman Comment=Postman Desktop Exec=<path-to-postman-executable> Path=<path-to-postman-executable-directory> Icon=<path-to-postman-logo> Terminal=false Type=Application Categories=Development;
For Linux Mint
[Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Version=1.0 Type=Application Name=Postman Exec=<path-to-postman-executable> Path=<path-to-postman-executable-directory> Icon=<path-to-postman-logo> StartupNotify=false StartupWMClass=Postman OnlyShowIn=Unity;GNOME; X-UnityGenerated=true
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To save changes Ctrl+x, y, Enter
after editing to save
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Validates a desktop file and prints warnings/errors for
postman.desktop
desktop-file-validate postman.desktop
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If we don't get
postman
Icon inShow applications
run following commandsudo update-desktop-database
Postman is a great tool when trying to dissect RESTful APIs made by others or test ones you have made yourself. It offers a sleek user interface with which to make HTML requests, without the hassle of writing a bunch of code just to test an API's functionality.
i am getting
error while validating the postman.desktop
please help me out