{"id":6493,"date":"2017-01-15T13:57:59","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T13:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=6493"},"modified":"2017-01-15T13:58:43","modified_gmt":"2017-01-15T13:58:43","slug":"telegram-desktop-1-0-released-install-ubuntu-16-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/telegram-desktop-1-0-released-install-ubuntu-16-04\/","title":{"rendered":"Telegram Desktop 1.0 Released! How to Install in Ubuntu 16.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/telegram-icon245.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/telegram-icon245.png\" alt=\"Telegram Desktop\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6494\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>The Telegram Desktop App finally reached the 1.0 release! Here&#8217;s how to install it via PPA or Snap in Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17\/18 and derivatives.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The popular instant messaging app, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/blog\/desktop-1-0\" target=\"_blank\">Telegram 1.0<\/a> for desktop, was released a few days ago with a fabulous new design. It features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consistent material design<\/li>\n<li>Smooth animations<\/li>\n<li>Support for custom themes<\/li>\n<li>Auto sync messages from phone with computer using Telegram\u2019s encrypted cloud.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to start typing on phone, then continue on computer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/telegram1.0.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/telegram1.0-600x365.jpg\" alt=\"Telegram Desktop 1.0\" width=\"600\" height=\"365\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/telegram1.0-600x365.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/telegram1.0-450x274.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/telegram1.0.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Install Telegram Desktop App via Snap in Ubuntu:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"arconix-box arconix-box-yellow\"><i class='fa fa-2x pull-left fa-lightbulb-o'><\/i><div class=\"arconix-box-content\">1. First time installing an app using SNAP package? You may need to install <b>snapd<\/b> via command (for one time):<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None\">sudo apt install snapd<\/pre>\n<p>2. The snap build of Telegram Desktop so far misses system tray icon for Ubuntu Unity.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>To install the Telegram snap package in Ubuntu 16.04 and higher, simply open terminal (<b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b>) and run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo snap install telegram-sergiusens<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type in password (no visual feedback) and hit Enter. It will automatically download the snap package and install it in your system.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/telegram-snap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/telegram-snap-600x97.jpg\" alt=\"install Telegram Snap\" width=\"600\" height=\"97\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/telegram-snap-600x97.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/telegram-snap-450x73.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/telegram-snap.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Uninstall Telegram (Snap):<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To uninstall it, simply run the snap command with remove option:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo snap remove telegram-sergiusens<\/pre>\n<h3>Install Telegram Desktop via PPA in Ubuntu:<\/h3>\n<p>For all current Ubuntu releases, including Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, and derivatives, e.g., Linux Mint and Elementary OS, Telegram is also available as <b>.deb<\/b> package in an <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~atareao\/+archive\/ubuntu\/telegram\" target=\"_blank\">unofficial PPA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao\/telegram<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type in password (no visual feedback) and hit Enter.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then search for and install the app via Synaptic Package Manager:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/install-telegram-synaptic.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/install-telegram-synaptic-450x211.jpg\" alt=\"install telegram synaptic\" width=\"450\" height=\"211\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/install-telegram-synaptic-450x211.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/install-telegram-synaptic-600x281.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/install-telegram-synaptic.jpg 915w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>or just run the commands below one by one:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update\n\nsudo apt install telegram<\/pre>\n<p><b>Uninstall:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To uninstall it, simply run apt command with remove option:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt remove telegram && sudo apt autoremove<\/pre>\n<p>And the PPA can be removed by launching <b>Software &#038; Updates<\/b> and navigating the Other Software tab.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Telegram Desktop App finally reached the 1.0 release! Here&#8217;s how to install it via PPA or Snap in Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17\/18 and derivatives. The popular instant messaging app, Telegram 1.0 for desktop, was released a few days ago with a fabulous new design. It features: Consistent material design [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[925,1092],"class_list":["post-6493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","category-news","tag-instant-messaging-client","tag-telegram-client"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}