Nix Postman package is broken

Vunny · February 12, 2024, 7:11am

Hi All,

I was facing error while trying to install postman package using nix-shell -p postman

Getting below error:

curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404
error: cannot download postman-10.18.6.tar.gz from any mirror

Any help is appreciated. Thanks

APCodes · February 12, 2024, 12:30pm

Hi, welcome to NixOS discourse!

There is already a lengthy discussion on GitHub regarding this issue:

github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs

Postman cannot be downloaded from nixpkgs.

opened 08:57AM - 05 Oct 23 UTC

SayantanRC

0.kind: regression 0.kind: build failure

### Describe the bug Postman cannot be downloaded and installed from nix packag…es. ### Steps To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior: 1. Open terminal 2. Type `nix-shell -p postman` (this also happens if postman is added in the config file) This results in the following error: ``` these 2 derivations will be built: /nix/store/0ryvqmib5dp3znj20qy9zq6dfsapw0ny-postman-10.12.0.tar.gz.drv /nix/store/jlb4liv4lr3zspn3043d0zmyi3wh723y-postman-10.12.0.drv building '/nix/store/0ryvqmib5dp3znj20qy9zq6dfsapw0ny-postman-10.12.0.tar.gz.drv'... trying https://dl.pstmn.io/download/version/10.12.0/linux64 % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:01 --:--:-- 0 curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404 error: cannot download postman-10.12.0.tar.gz from any mirror error: builder for '/nix/store/0ryvqmib5dp3znj20qy9zq6dfsapw0ny-postman-10.12.0.tar.gz.drv' failed with exit code 1; last 7 log lines: > > trying https://dl.pstmn.io/download/version/10.12.0/linux64 > % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current > Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed > 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:01 --:--:-- 0 > curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404 > error: cannot download postman-10.12.0.tar.gz from any mirror For full logs, run 'nix log /nix/store/0ryvqmib5dp3znj20qy9zq6dfsapw0ny-postman-10.12.0.tar.gz.drv'. error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/jlb4liv4lr3zspn3043d0zmyi3wh723y-postman-10.12.0.drv' failed to build ``` ### Expected behavior The command should work. ### Screenshots ### Additional context ### Notify maintainers @johnrichardrinehart @evanjs @tricktron @Craftzman7  ### Metadata ```console [sayantan@nixos:~]$ nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m" - system: `"x86_64-linux"` - host os: `Linux 6.1.51, NixOS, 23.05 (Stoat), 23.05.20230910.d44c0ac` - multi-user?: `yes` - sandbox: `yes` - version: `nix-env (Nix) 2.13.5` - channels(root): `"home-manager-23.05.tar.gz, nixos-23.05"` - nixpkgs: `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos` ```

Vunny · February 12, 2024, 12:59pm

Thanks @APCodes for the link.

APCodes · February 12, 2024, 1:07pm

You’re welcome! Depending on your needs to can also try alternatives to Postman, since that seems to be hard to get to work at the moment. Insomnia and Bruno come to mind. They are both in nixpkgs.

Edit: From reading the discussion on GitHub it seems someone created an overlay to pull in the older Postman file from archive.org … which is an idea I wouldn’t have had immediatly, but might work after all

So that would be the way to go if you really need Postman an nothing else.

Vunny · February 12, 2024, 1:25pm

Sure @APCodes, thank again for mentioning alternatives. I can try those as well if it serves my purpose.