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Installed postman from the ubuntu software centre under a fresh install and the app will not open.

This is the information from snap list

postman 7.13.0 97 stable postman-inc✓ -

I've tried the fix suggest here, however that didn't work.

Madness, that this app has been chosen as the banner for software centre and doesn't work out-the-box on LTS version!

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Kaigo
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This guide will install non-snap version

  1. Remove snap version
sudo snap remove postman
  1. Download and install apt version
wget https://dl.pstmn.io/download/latest/linux64 -O postman.tar.gz

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


rm postman.tar.gz


sudo ln -s /opt/Postman/Postman /usr/bin/postman
  1. Make a app launcher shortcut (Paste this whole block below into terminal)
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

Then postman should be available in app menu.

ref: https://www.bluematador.com/blog/postman-how-to-install-on-ubuntu-1604

NOTE: this has been fixed with ubuntu 20.04 lts and postman works out-the-box

Kaigo
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    Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference. – Thomas Ward Jan 07 '20 at 15:43
  • I have ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Tried to invoke postman and was getting errors. Followed this thread . At least now the postman screen is visible but it's blank. – Ashu May 19 '23 at 17:36
  • Maybe try purge the app and install again. . Or failing that try flatpak version – Kaigo May 22 '23 at 13:50