I can’t says anything more about Telegram, it was absolutely amazing. It is a secure, fast, private, and powerful messenger 1. Moreover, it can be accessed from multiple devices (Mobile, Desktop, and Web), the thing that makes me adore it. I decided to install it on my Fedora 20 machine and only requires a few simple steps.
This instruction works well on all GNU/Linux distributions.
- Download Telegram for Linux here (32 bit or 64 bit depends on your machine).
- Extract file to
/opt
directory.
$ sudo tar xvf tsetup.0.6.4.tar.xz -C /opt
Telegram/
Telegram/Updater
Telegram/Telegram
Create executable file
$ sudo ln -s /opt/Telegram/Telegram /usr/bin/telegram
Now, you can execute telegram
on your favorite shell/ terminal.
Create menu shortcut
- Download Telegram icon.
$ sudo wget https://telegram.org/img/t_logo.png -O /opt/Telegram/icon.png
- Add the following script to
/usr/share/applications/telegram.desktop
file.
$ sudo nano /usr/share/applications/telegram.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Version=0.6.4
Name=Telegram
GenericName=Telegram
Comment=Private and Secure Messenger
Exec=telegram
Icon=/opt/Telegram/icon.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
Keywords=chat;messenger;internet;
Check Application Menu > Internet > Telegram , find your friend and start private and secure conversation.

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