Telegram
Telegram is a cloud-based instant messaging app that allows users to send text messages, voice messages, multimedia files, and make voice and video calls over the internet.
It was developed by Pavel Durov and his team and was first launched in 2013.
Telegram is available as a mobile app for smartphones and tablets, as well as a desktop application for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Let's get down to business
shall we?
Solution
Check your OS (optional)
This step is just to make sure you have Pop!_OS Linux installed.
lsb_release -a
hostnamectl
cat /etc/os-release
uname -a
Output
Update the package manager repository
sudo apt update
Install Telegram
sudo apt install telegram-desktop
Output
Check installation
Executable file's path
which telegram-desktop
You should be able to see something like the following:
Version
telegram-desktop --version
You should be able to see something like the following:
Done
Well-done. You did a great job.
Celebrate
You've made it!
Let's become friends
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