Install Telegram Desktop 0.8.33 on Linux Ubuntu via PPA. Terminal commands to install Telegram Desktop (Telegram client) on Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 14.10 and Linux Mint Systems.
For Linux users, Telegram Desktop client allows the users to send and receive messages from the Linux Ubuntu desktop. With Telegram, users can send messages, photos, videos and files of any type (doc, zip, mp3, etc), as well as create groups for up to 200 people. Telegram is like SMS and email combined.
Telegram is a messaging app with a focus on speed and security, it’s super fast, simple and free. You can use Telegram on all your devices at the same time — your messages sync seamlessly across any of your phones, tablets or computers. Unlike WhatsApp, Telegram is cloud-based and heavily encrypted. As a result, you can access your messages from several devices at once, including tablets and computers, and share an unlimited number of photos, videos and files (doc, zip, mp3, etc) of up to 1,5 GB.
Install Telegram On Linux
Run the following commands to install the latest versions of Telegram Client on Ubuntu and derivative systems:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/telegram
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install telegram
To uninstall Telegram Client, run:
$ sudo apt-get remove telegram
The same set of instructions can also be used to install Telegram on Ubuntu derivatives.