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A chat and message application similar to whatsapp

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How to install Telegram

I want to work on a small app that will use Telegram from within Ubuntu but wanted to first know if there was already a work in progress for this since I noticed that, for example, pidgin has support for WhatsApp. With this in mind, is there a…
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How to install Telegram Desktop in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

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.
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Telegram at Startup?

I've installed the latest Telegram App (v 0.8.32) On my Ubuntu 14.04. I want Telegram to run minimized at startup in Tray and show me new messages but I can't because In the app settings there isn't any option for that. Help me How Can i do it....
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How can I run a program on startup, minimized?

I just want Telegram to be run and I have added it to startup apps. The point is that I need it to be minimized. Any commands?
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How to remove Telegram?

I have installed the official version of Telegram, but now I cannot remove it. I have tried apt remove telegram and other methods, is there any trick to remove it completely?
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How can I use multiple accounts with Telegram?

Is there a way to have two copies of telegram app in Ubuntu each with a different account? It seems copying the app in another folder does not work.
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Telegram Persian font changed after upgrade to 18.10!

My telegram font changed after upgrading to 18.10! Does anyone know why this happened? When i open telegram in command line these errors appear: Fontconfig warning: line 5: unknown element "its:rules" Fontconfig warning: line 6: unknown element…
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How to run Telegram from Terminal

So I have telegram messenger on my Ubuntu and I'm trying to launch it from terminal and later on set it up as startup program - problem is I cannot find command to run it. telegram/Telegram don't work. This is how I installed this app: sudo…
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Is it safe to run apps that need no installation?

I have Ubuntu 14.04 LTS I have downloaded Telegram from here. The file was compressed with the extension tar.xz. I have unpacked this file and run the file Telegram (without extension) using common user (not admin). The application started and…
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How to update telegram desktop in Ubuntu 20.04?

Today December 2nd I received this message from Telegram service notifications about my outdated Desktop app version: Please update your app to the latest version. The version you are using is out of date and will stop working soon. ...In Ubuntu…
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Properly update Telegram

I have Telegram Desktop, and every now and then the Update Telegram button appears at the bottom of the Telegram app GUI. If I run apt-get update and apt-get upgrade nothing happens. There aren't any telegram packages in the list of packages. If I…
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How to get Telegram to show up in Dash

I have downloaded Telegram Messenger for PC/Mac/Linux from their website and copied it to /opt/Telegram/Telegram. After that i have created a sym link in /usr/local/bin that points to the installation directroy and added it to my PATH. Now i can…
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How do I uninstall Telegram which was installed from the tar.xz obtained from the official website?

I installed Telegram by visiting https://desktop.telegram.org/ and downloaded a tar.xz file. After which I ran tar -xJf telegram.tar.xz which uncompressed the tar.xz file and gave me Telegram and Updater in a folder. Both the files have an…
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How do I start Telegram from the command line?

How do I start Telegram messenger from the command line? I have tried "telegram", but it's not that. I have installed Telegram via ppa: ppa:atareao/telegram.
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How can I run multiple instances of Telegram?

I am new to Linux and Ubuntu. I need to run multiple instances of desktop Telegram. I saw the answers in How can I use multiple accounts with Telegram? I do not understand how can I use the answer. I extracted tsetup.1.1.23.tar.xz. and then opened…
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