Postman installation guide linux

Postman_Installation.md

How to install Postman on Linux (correct way)

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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

2. Create searchable icon

Next step is to Create postman.desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications/ path

• Goto path

  cd ~/.local/share/applications/

• Create file

  sudo touch postman.desktop

• Modify file using nano editor

  sudo nano ~/.local/share/applications/postman.desktop

• 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
  

• To save changes Ctrl+x, y, Enter after editing to save

• Validates a desktop file and prints warnings/errors for postman.desktop

  desktop-file-validate postman.desktop

• If we don't get postman Icon in Show applications run following command

  sudo update-desktop-database

3. About Postman

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.

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Zsh: exec format error :postman
this is the error i am geetting