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Nickolai Leschov
Asked: 2017-02-13 16:14:23 +0800 CST

How do I start Telegram from the command line?

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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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  1. Best Answer

    Since you installed telegram from the PPA, it is likely installed in /opt. Probably under /opt/telegram. You should be able to launch it from the command-line by running: 

    /opt/telegram/Telegram

    but if you wanted to make this easier you can create a symbolic link to /usr/local/bin like so:

    sudo ln -s /opt/telegram/Telegram /usr/local/bin/telegram

    you can then launch telegram with the command:

    telegram
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  2. On Ubuntu 17.10, 18.04 and above, If you have installed using Ubuntu Software Manager, you can launch it using the following command in terminal:

    telegram-desktop

    if you want to start it minimized in tray use the following command (e.g you want to create an start up entry):

    telegram-desktop -startintray
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  3. If you know where you installed your Telegram, you can easily launch the script, see the example below (I installed it in directory named soft).

    (base) user@user:~/soft/Telegram$ ls
Telegram  Updater
(base) user@user:~/soft/Telegram$ ./Telegram

    Voila, you have it running.

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