I want to install Telegram Desktop software on my Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I have downloaded the tsetup.0.6.15.tar.xz file. Now I want to know how to proceed further.
asked Dec 4, 2014 at 11:13
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How to install Telegram Desktop in Ubuntu 14.04
Download the Telegram Desktop client and extract tsetup.0.6.15.tar.xz. You can easily do this in the file manager (nautilus). Just right-click the file and click extract here. Now you have a folder called Telegram.
Move this folder to /opt. You can do this using the file manager, but you'll need to start it with root privileges. You can do this by typing the following in a terminal: (you can find the "opt" folder in "computer")
sudo nautilus
After the move, double-click the telegram binary /opt/Telegram/Telegram. The last thing we need to do is add Telegram to the "applications" menu. This happens automatically if you right-click the icon of the running app and choose "lock to launcher".
Other options for using telegram in Linux
Telegram is also available as:
- Google Chrome app
- web-app
- scope, and other platforms.
You can find different alternatives here: https://askubuntu.com/a/456121/172367
answered Jan 4, 2015 at 11:41
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I don't have the option to click 'lock to launcher'. Is there something else I can do to add Telegram to the application menu? Commented Mar 27, 2015 at 17:11
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2Strange thing: if I run Telegram under the /Downloads directory, everything is fine and the launcher has the Telegram icon. BUT if I move Telegram folder to any other directory I tried (including e.g. my user's home or Desktop), I don't get an icon, only a default gray "?" icon. I tried moving it to /opt and lock it to launcher but it doesn't start, although it is ok if I have it in Downloads directory. Why is that?– MakisHCommented Apr 5, 2015 at 20:25
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4I found a solution: intially I ran it from the /Downloads directory. At the first start, a /.TelegramDesktop directory is created, storing the settings and the data. If I delete this directory and move it somewhere else, it works as expected!– MakisHCommented Apr 5, 2015 at 20:41
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1Telegram creates
~/.local/share/applications/telegramdesktop.desktopfile describing launcher entry on the first start. If you move application's directory after that you should simply fix a path inExecline of this file.– ezzeCommented Jun 3, 2016 at 21:58 -
In your terminal type this commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/telegram
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install telegram
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2Exactly. downloading and extracting files is not the way to go. For most (relatively) mainstream sofware packages, add the ppa to be sure about compatibility. Commented Jul 6, 2015 at 15:01
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The PPA seems abandoned. As for now a week has already passed since Telegram 0.9.10 release and the PPA is still at 0.9.6 (4 releases old).– IvanCommented Nov 10, 2015 at 23:53
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@Ivan At time of writing the PPA is up to date with the stable release. It had one problem though, running through Ubuntu Dash menu didn't seem to work. I created a desktop launcher with the run command: /opt/telegram/Telegram.– EdoCommented Jan 25, 2016 at 11:44
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after using this one I am also experiencing problems with opening tg: links Commented Jan 16, 2018 at 10:28
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Note that for some reason one needs
/opt/telegram/Telegram -- %ucommand to run telegram.telegramis not working. Commented Oct 21, 2019 at 8:19
Extract it from folder tsetup.0.8.36.tar.xz and put this folder wherever you want...and run the file named telegram in executable mode by double clicking it..that did for me
