How to Install Telegram Desktop on Arch Linux/Manjaro

Cyrus Kao11 Feb 2022

Last modified on 21 Apr 2023 @ 05:50:49.

Telegram Desktop is the official client for Telegram Messenger. It's also open-source. The source code is available on Github. We'll be installing Telegram Desktop from the official repository of Arch Linux on Arch-based distros. There is a community package called telegram-desktop that pretty much automates the installation process for us.

Installation

Install telegram-desktop from the official repository:

Using pacman
```
$ sudo pacman -S telegram-desktop
```
Using yay
```
$ yay -S telegram-desktop
```

Usage

Use the desktop shortcut to open Telegram Desktop or by shell:

$ telegram-desktop

Then here you go:

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Table of Contents

How to Install Telegram Desktop on Arch Linux/Manjaro

Installation

Usage

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