Postman is a usefull app to build and test APIs, most commonly installed on ubuntu-like systems via snap. On recent distributions of Linux Mint (20 and above), snap installs are no longer possible. The instructions below show how to install Postman via the terminal.
$ wget https://dl.pstmn.io/download/latest/linux64 -O postman.tar.gz
$ sudo tar -xzf postman.tar.gz -C /opt
$ sudo ln -s /opt/Postman/Postman /usr/bin/postman
$ rm postman.tar.gz
$ sudo vim /usr/share/applications/postman.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Postman
Icon=/opt/Postman/app/resources/app/assets/icon.png
Exec="/opt/Postman/Postman"
Comment=Postman Desktop App
Categories=Development;Code;
Newest solution as of Nov 2023:
If vim is not installed by default then substitute vim with nano like this:
$ sudo nano /usr/share/applications/postman.desktop
Big thanks to:
Sidheeqpallam
"Hindsight is 20 / 20"
@pekingPow
Older comment from Feb of 2023:
Worked for me with some final tweaking. (Using Linux Mint 20; vim was not installed by default.)
Make Desktop icon
Step by step vi instructions:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Postman
Icon=/opt/Postman/app/resources/app/assets/icon.png
Exec="/opt/Postman/Postman"
Comment=Postman Desktop App
Categories=Development;Code;
$ sudo vi /usr/share/applications/postman.desktop