install postman in linux mint

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When it comes to API development, my weapon of choice for testing my code is Postman. I start using Postman since it's still a Chrome App. Now it encourages its user to use Postman Native app. I definitely love the idea, but all I can find is a download link without any installation document for Linux Mint.

So, here's what I did:

Download postman
$ wget https://dl.pstmn.io/download/latest/linux64 -O postman.tar.gz

Extract archive
$ sudo tar -xzf postman.tar.gz -C /opt

Make link to /usr/bin
$ sudo ln -s /opt/Postman/Postman /usr/bin/postman

Optional: remove downloaded file
$ rm postman.tar.gz

To run postman, simply run:

´´´ $ postman & ´´´

Off course, we can always add a shortcut to make our life easier. Here's how:

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

That's it. Now you should see Postman on your Start Menu > Programming. Final Words

I hope that you now know how to solve install Postman Native app in Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia. If you run into any issues or have any feedback feel free to drop a comment below.

Very useful, thank you.

cant create icon, i can only run from terminal, anny suggestions??

@otaridi run these cmds for adding icon

sudo vim /usr/share/applications/postman.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Postman
Icon=/opt/apps/Postman/app/resources/app/assets/icon.png
Exec="/opt/apps/Postman/Postman"
Comment=Postman Desktop App
Categories=Development;Code;

Thanks for the cmds for adding icons!

Am using linux mint 21.0 and all these commands popup error like permission denied or does not bringing the icon to the menu pannel

successfully installed. Thanks for the help

successfully installed. thank you so much

Thank you very much for the honest work

Very helpful 🙏

Thanks to everyone who has contributed on this post to install Postman native app for linux mint. I'd like to point one thing incase anyone is having difficulty.

Icon=/opt/apps/Postman/app/resources/app/assets/icon.png

It is worth noting that this icon.png path might be invalid as in the original solution the tar file is extracted to /opt/ and not /opt/apps/.

Thanks for this thread. As @theProcrastinatr said, following the OP, I needed to use the below to make the icon:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Postman
Icon=/opt/Postman/app/resources/app/assets/icon.png
Exec="/opt/Postman/Postman"
Comment=Postman Desktop App
Categories=Development;Code;