Install Postman

_instructions.md

⚠ ⚠ ⚠ WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! I no longer use Postman and don't test these instructions.

WARNING: this gist is only for installation and should not be used to update Postman. Please use auto-update feature. WARNING: script was updated to use ~ instead of /opt. Make sure that you have write permissions for location, because otherwise it can cause some problems

How to:

1. Run install-postman.sh . Make sure that it has execute permissions =)

chmod +x install-postman.sh
./install-postman.sh`

2. Create Postman.desktop file, so that you could see it the laucher.

touch ~/.local/share/applications/Postman.desktop

And copy-paste data from Postman.desktop . Don't forget to replace USERNAME with your user for Icon: line (it can't expand ~ :( )

install-postman.sh

#!/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 "~/Postman" ];then
    rm -rf ~/Postman
fi
mv Postman ~/Postman

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

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

Postman.desktop

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

Was looking how to install Postman in a clean fashion on Ubuntu since they lack clear docs on the website.
I have added a few lines to include copying the desktop file to the right location.
Let me know what you think.

Thank you Pierre, worked for me :)

I found something that creates a deb file. Check it out: https://gist.github.com/SanderTheDragon/1331397932abaa1d6fbbf63baed5f043

Genius!!! Thanks so much. Genia, capa total, ídola hahaha, muy buen post, te amo.

What to do with Postman.desktopfile ? Where do I need to place it?

EDIT: I found the answer here. Just copy below line into terminal and execute it

cat > ~/.local/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

... this will create postman.desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications/

Excellent Thanks so much!

Working like a charm !!!
10x

Just what I needed, thanks!!

Awesome. Thanks

Thanks

Great, thank you

Thanks

For Ubuntu 18.04,

Icon path is /opt/Postman/app/resources/app/assets/icon.png

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

Highly appreciated! Thank you!

if you were to run into
postman: error while loading shared libraries: libgconf-2.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
make sure to run
yum install GConf2

Thank you for updating the gist file and putting those warning messages. 👍

Thank you very much, it helped a lot!!

I've followed all your steps it successfully installed in my OS. The Postman icon shows in my applications but when I click on it nothing happened. The Postman did not open.

Below is my Kali Linux Version.
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Kali
Description: Kali GNU/Linux Rolling
Release: kali-rolling
Codename: kali-rolling

Nice, thank you!

Thanks!

What's the point of the symbolic link? @aviskase

I've followed all your steps it successfully installed in my OS. The Postman icon shows in my applications but when I click on it nothing happened. The Postman did not open.

Below is my Kali Linux Version.
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Kali
Description: Kali GNU/Linux Rolling
Release: kali-rolling
Codename: kali-rolling

Do apt-get install gconf2

Nice, thank you!

sudo snap install postman
just run this command and installed

A tad tidy up of all steps in the command below. Installs the latest version of Postman (or upgrades it if exists), libconf-2-4, and creates a desktop entry.

$ cd
$ curl -O https://gist.githubusercontent.com/vald-phoenix/7717a9c2e574aa0ca1ceb6685b4f1429/raw/3287a4670431cfd7ce4601195b910b51b864d847/install-postman.sh && chmod +x install-postman.sh && bash install-postman.sh

curl -O https://gist.githubusercontent.com/vald-phoenix/7717a9c2e574aa0ca1ceb6685b4f1429/raw/3287a4670431cfd7ce4601195b910b51b864d847/install-postman.sh && chmod +x install-postman.sh && bash install-postman.sh

Thanks alot @vald-phoenix

Hello, does anybody meet this issue ?
when start in terminal by command, font worked well
but when start by .dektop, font could not worked properly?

start by terminal

start by desktop

Thanks!

i am getting
zsh:exec format error: postman
kindly help me