3 Easy Commands to Install Postman in Kali Linux

Introduction

For effective development environment especially back-end, you will require postman to test your endpoints. It has been constantly said that Debian environments are ideal for Software development/engineering process.Having said this, I will taken through 3 simple steps to install Postman in Kali Linux.

Requirements

• Internet
• Proficiency with Command utility
• x64 Linux architecture

1.Extract the folder using the following command and a Postman folder will be created:

sudo tar -xvz -f postman-linux-x64.tar.gz

2.Move the folder to the root opt folder

sudo mv Postman /opt/

3.Navigate to this folder /usr/share/applications/ and create a file Postman.desktop and open the nano editor

touch Postman.desktop && nano Postman.desktop

write the following content

[Desktop Entry]Encoding=UTF-8Name=PostmanExec=/opt/Postman/app/Postman %UIcon=/opt/Postman/app/resources/app/assets/icon.pngTerminal=falseType=ApplicationCategories=Development;

You have successfully installed Postman!