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I am trying to install postman in Ubuntu 16.04.I ran the commands:

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

I did not get any message about the installation. I tried to find the application in Desktop and Ubuntu Software Center. But I did not find postman. Have I done something wrong? How should I install this application?

Zanna
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Harshini
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I was also facing same issue.

Try this link "https://www.getpostman.com/docs/launch" and install its chrome extension and and add it extension on chrome.

Thus Postman will be installed.

Aditya Padole
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For me it's worked, follow this steps

  1. Download postman from [here] https://www.getpostman.com/
  2. sudo rm -R /opt/Postman //remove old version if already exist.
  3. sudo tar -xzf postman_file_path -C /opt
  4. Open DashHome by pressing Super key
  5. Search for the postman, if not found, restart the system and try 4,5 steps
Yellappa
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    How would an installation to /opt place an application starter file in one of the relevant locations /usr/share/applications, /usr/local/share/applications, or ~/.local/share/applications? -1 – David Foerster Dec 13 '17 at 12:37
  • @David, I used to like this only and working without any issue – Yellappa Dec 13 '17 at 13:44
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Run this after running your commands:

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
Rams
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