How to install Postman Native on Ubuntu ?

Question

I have tried below steps, but it doesn't work for me :

(1) wget https://dl.pstmn.io/download/latest/linux64 -O postman.tar.gz

(2) sudo tar -xzf postman.tar.gz -C /opt

(3) rm postman.tar.gz

(4) sudo ln -s /opt/Postman/Postman /usr/bin/postman

Refer to : How to install/start Postman native v4.10.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit? . When I tried step 4, i met following error : "ln: failed to create symbolic link '/usr/bin/postman': File exists"

Then I searched for more information, then I tried this command : sudo unlink /usr/bin/utserver output these error "unlink: cannot unlink '/usr/bin/utserver': No such file or directory".

Again i tried another command sudo rm /usr/bin/utserver then output these error "rm: cannot remove '/usr/bin/utserver': No such file or directory" . Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

The error is just saying the symbolic link you tried to create already exists ... so just remove it

ls -la /usr/bin/postman  #  issue this to confirm it exists

sudo rm /usr/bin/postman  #  remove it if it exists

now just run your (4) command again

sudo ln -s /opt/Postman/Postman /usr/bin/postman

confirm install worked by issuing

which  postman  # if installed it will say :  /usr/bin/postman