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This document discusses how to install Insomnia on various platforms. It can be installed on Mac via a .dmg file, on Windows via an .exe file, and on Linux via packages that vary by distribution like Debian packages or Snap packages. The document provides code snippets for installing via Brew, apt-get, and snap on Linux and addresses some common troubleshooting issues.

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Installation - Insomnia PDF

This document discusses how to install Insomnia on various platforms. It can be installed on Mac via a .dmg file, on Windows via an .exe file, and on Linux via packages that vary by distribution like Debian packages or Snap packages. The document provides code snippets for installing via Brew, apt-get, and snap on Linux and addresses some common troubleshooting issues.

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20/02/2019 Installation - Insomnia

Installation

You can install Insomnia on a wide variety of platforms. If you have not downloaded a copy of
Insomnia, do so first by visiting the Downloads Page (https://insomnia.rest/download/).

Mac
The Mac application is a disk image .dmg installer and can be installed by double clicking the file.
This will install Insomnia to your /Applications folder.

Insomnia can also be installed using Brew Cask (https://caskroom.github.io/) via the insomnia

package.

brew cask install insomnia

Windows
The Windows application is a generic installer .exe . Double click the installer file to install
Insomnia.

Linux
There are many distributions of Linux in the world. Insomnia should be able to run on the most
popular ones.

Ubuntu/Debian
There is a Debian package hosted on Bintray that can be added and installed using apt-get. You
can also manually download the latest debian package here
(https://builds.insomnia.rest/downloads/ubuntu/latest).

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# Add to sources
echo "deb https://dl.bintray.com/getinsomnia/Insomnia /" \
| sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/insomnia.list

# Add public key used to verify code signature


wget --quiet -O - https://insomnia.rest/keys/debian-public.key.asc \
| sudo apt-key add -

# Refresh repository sources and install Insomnia


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install insomnia

Other Linux Distributions


Snap (https://snapcraft.io/) is a new cross-platform package format that supports convenient auto-
updates. You can view Insomnia on Snapcraft (https://snapcraft.io/insomnia) or install it directly
with the following command.

sudo snap install insomnia

There is also a portable AppImage package (https://builds.insomnia.rest/downloads/linux/latest)


that can be run directly as an executable. Double click the package or run it from the command
line.

Troubleshooting
Here are some issues that have caused problems for Linux users in the past

/tmp folder must allow execution


missing libcurl dependency

Previous Versions
To roll-back, you can download a previous version from the Releases Page
(https://github.com/getinsomnia/insomnia/releases). Keep in mind that this process is only
intended for debugging and emergencies, as the app will try to update itself after it launches.

Last updated on January 29, 2019

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