Download installer archive file from Postman's Download page.
Unpack the archive:
$ sudo tar -xzvf Postman-linux-x64-7.5.0.tar.gz -C /opt
Verify the content of the unpack directory:
$ ls -la /opt/Postman/
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 3 999 docker 4096 Aug 12 13:14 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Aug 14 11:08 ..
drwxr-xr-x 4 999 docker 4096 Aug 12 13:14 app
lrwxrwxrwx 1 999 docker 13 Aug 12 13:14 Postman -> ./app/Postman
Unpack the archive:
$ sudo tar -xzvf Postman-linux-x64-7.5.0.tar.gz -C /opt
Verify the content of the unpack directory:
$ ls -la /opt/Postman/
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 3 999 docker 4096 Aug 12 13:14 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Aug 14 11:08 ..
drwxr-xr-x 4 999 docker 4096 Aug 12 13:14 app
lrwxrwxrwx 1 999 docker 13 Aug 12 13:14 Postman -> ./app/Postman
Remove the archive as it's not needed anymore:
$ rm Postman-linux-x64-7.5.0.tar.gz
Create Postman.desktop file:
$ touch ~/.local/share/applications/Postman.desktop
Open it:
$ gedit ~/.local/share/applications/Postman.desktop
Edit it:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Postman
Exec=/opt/Postman/app/Postman %U
Icon=/opt/Postman/app/resources/app/assets/icon.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Development;
Save it and close the editor.
Postman now appears in the list of Ubuntu applications.
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