{"id":4512,"date":"2015-01-11T16:47:14","date_gmt":"2015-01-11T16:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=4512"},"modified":"2015-01-11T16:47:14","modified_gmt":"2015-01-11T16:47:14","slug":"install-official-telegram-client-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2015\/01\/install-official-telegram-client-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Install The Official Telegram Desktop Client in Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Install<\/a><\/p>\n

Quick tutorial shows how to install official Telegram client in Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 10.04, Linux Mint, and Elementary OS.<\/b><\/p>\n

Telegram Messenger is a cross-platform instant messaging system whose clients are open source and servers are proprietary software. Telegram users can exchange encrypted and self-destructing messages, photos, videos and documents (all files types are supported).<\/p>\n

The official client for Telegram is available for many different platforms, including Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.<\/i><\/p>\n

\"Telegram<\/a><\/p>\n

Install Telegram Client in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n

Ubuntu users can choose install the desktop client for Telegram from either the official binary package or an official PPA.<\/p>\n

To install from the official binary package:<\/b><\/p>\n

1. Download Telegram for Linux at the link below:<\/p>\n

Download Telegram Desktop<\/a><\/p>\n

Not sure 32-bit or 64-bit<\/i>? Go to top-right corner shutdown menu (the gear button) and select “About This Computer”, check it out at the Overview<\/i> tab.<\/p>\n

2. Extract the downloaded package in your file browser and run the executable from the result folder.<\/p>\n

\"Start<\/a><\/p>\n

Don’t see the ‘Run’ option? Go the menu Edit -> Preferences -> Behavior tab -> choose “Run executable text file when they are opened” under Executable Text Files.<\/p>\n

The first time running this app creates a desktop shortcut automatically on user’s local folder, so that next time you can directly launch Telegram from the Unity Dash or Application Menu.<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Telegram<\/a><\/p>\n

To install from an unofficial PPA:<\/b><\/p>\n

To install Telegram from PPA and receive future updates via Software Updater when a new release made into the PPA. <\/p>\n

Press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run the commands below one by one:<\/p>\n

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao\/telegram\n\nsudo apt-get update\n\nsudo apt-get install telegram<\/pre>\n
That’s it. Enjoy!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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