How To Install Postman on Ubuntu

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

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.

References:

Postman - Linux installation