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I've followed documentation provided by GNOME Desktop files: putting your application in the desktop menus and created an entry postman.desktop in /usr/share/applications with the following content:

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

And my postman installation is in /opt/Postman. But it's not showing up in my Ubuntu 17.10 Dash. The same kind of configuration worked for PyCharm.

pomsky
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Laxman Spidey
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  • Yeah. I'm able to run it from terminal. postman.desktop also runs if i double click on it. But it's not showing up in Gnome launcher – Laxman Spidey Dec 31 '17 at 07:28
  • Yeah. If i open postman and click on activities it's showing up. But the shortcut is not appearing in gnome dash/launcher (i don't know what to call it.) – Laxman Spidey Dec 31 '17 at 07:36
  • See this: https://askubuntu.com/questions/967409/cant-add-custom-desktop-files-to-dock-17-10 – pomsky Dec 31 '17 at 07:37
  • Thanks for the link, i verified my .desktop file. My problem is little different here. I'm able to add it to favourites but it's not showing up in all applications screen. I did same kind of config for PyCharm. It immediately appeared in all applications but postman didn't. – Laxman Spidey Dec 31 '17 at 07:54

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I see you're following the gnome desktop file instructions. Try following the Postman Installation documentation here

When I tried installing Postman, the icon only showed up in my gnome application menu after I ran sudo ln -s /opt/Postman/Postman /usr/bin/postman from the instructions.

EDIT: Starting with version 6.1.3, run sudo ln -s /opt/Postman/app/Postman /usr/bin/postman instead.

stuft2
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  • Is it possible to fix the link? I can't see anything in the Postman doc related to the integration in Ubuntu desktop environment. – onda47 May 23 '18 at 09:10
  • Sorry about that. I fixed the link. Here it is just in case it still doesn’t work: https://blog.bluematador.com/posts/postman-how-to-install-on-ubuntu-1604/?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign= – stuft2 May 24 '18 at 18:47
  • Thanks. This sudo ln -s /opt/Postman/Postman /usr/bin/postman worked for me on version Postman v8.5.1. – ttt Jun 20 '21 at 07:57
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The simplest way I think is just to install Postman from Snap store:

sudo snap install postman

It will appear in Dash and also could add to Favorites

Denis.Kipchakbaev
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I can't comment on the previous answer because I don't have enough reputation. Starting with version 6.1.3, need to run sudo ln -s /opt/Postman/app/Postman /usr/bin/postman instead.

Suhas K
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Step 1 : Open Terminal

Step 2 : cd /usr/share/applications/

Step 3 : sudo nano postman.desktop (Enter your password and a file will be opened for you)

Step 4 : Paste Following code line...

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=Postman
Icon=/opt/Postman/app/resources/app/assets/icon.png
Exec=/opt/Postman/Postman
StartupNotify=false
StartupWMClass=Postman
OnlyShowIn=Unity;GNOME;
X-UnityGenerated=true

NOTE : Postman folder should place in /opt directory and please check above Icon and Exec path same as yours If not change it as your way.

Manelka Kodithuwakku
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