Telegram

Telegram is a cross-platform instant messaging system (messenger) with functions for exchanging text, voice and video messages, as well as stickers, photos and files of many formats.

Installation from repository

Telegram can be installed in any familiar and convenient way:

Install via GNOME Software

In three clicks 😊

Follow the link install Telegram and confirm the “open application” operation in the browser. The Application Center will open, select the source "Sisyphus" in it, and click the "download" button

Installation via terminal

apt-get

su -
apt-get update
apt-get install telegram-desktop

epm

epm -i telegram-desktop

Installation using Flatpak

If you have the Flatpak package, you can install Telegram with one command:

flatpak install flathub org.telegram.desktop

Or using the GNOME Software 🤔

Follow the link to install Telegram, then confirm the "open application" operation in the browser. After this, the Application Center will open, select the source "Flathub" in it and click the "download" button

Installation using epm play Unofficial build

If you have the eepm package, you can install Telegram with one command:

epm play telegram

Disable notification to the active window (Draw attention to the window)

The messenger informs the user about the active chat by sending a notification. You can disable the option by going to:

• Settings
• Notifications and sounds
• Disable the Draw attention to the window option

Problem displaying notifications in Telegram

If, instead of a notification with the text of the incoming message, you see something like this:

1. Then go to: Settings -> Advanced settings -> Experimental settings enable the GNotification option
2. Reboot the Telegram client and check the result.

Use system frame in Telegram

Enable the system frame as follows:

• Open Telegram Desktop
• Settings -> Advanced settings
• Uncheck "QT Window Frame"

The design of the system frame depends on the application window interface X11 or Wayland.

Replacing characters in messages

When writing messages in Telegram, the text is automatically formatted. This is done to make the text easier to read and to follow typographic rules:

Symbol	Modifier
--	Em dash (—)
<< и >>	French quotes («ёлочки»)

Ignore disabled chats and channels in the notification counter

Set up notification counter:

• Go to Settings -> Notifications and sounds
• Disable the “Count silent chats” setting

WebApp does not work in Telegram from a repository in a Wayland session

If you encounter the error Error: Could not initalize WebView, there are several ways to fix it:

• Change the launch parameters of the Telegram application: launch the application in the X11 window interface.
• Select a different installation type for the Telegram messenger.

Информация

The community has already filed a report BZ49324 describing the problem.

Reset settings

Telegram Desktop Sisyphus

rm -rfv ~/.local/share/TelegramDesktop

Telegram Desktop Flatpak

rm -rfv ~/.var/app/org.telegram.desktop/config