Postman installation guide for linux.

Postman is an essential tool for developers for api development and testing. This is guide on how to install postman in linux operation system.

Install from Snap Store

Make sure that snap is installed in the system first and run the following command to install Postman:

sudo snap install postman

Install from Flatpak

Make sure that flatpak is installed in the system first and run the following command to install Postman:

flatpak install flathub com.getpostman.Postman

Install Manually

This guide is written based on this original Github Gist link

01. Download Postman

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

02. Extract archive

sudo tar -xzf postman.tar.gz -C /opt

03. Make symlink

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

04. Optional: Remove downloaded file

rm postman.tar.gz

05. Make Desktop icon

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

[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;