[needs-packaging] Telegram Desktop Ubuntu Package

[Or Schiro]

[needs-packaging] Telegram Desktop

The Linux desktop app of the popular open-source messenger Telegram.

URL: https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop
License: GPL v3
Notes: There is a community PPA: https://launchpad.net/~atareao/+archive/ubuntu/telegram

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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This bug is tagged needs-packaging which identifies it as a request for a new package in Ubuntu. As a part of the managing needs-packaging bug reports specification, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Specs/NeedsPackagingBugs, all needs-packaging bug reports have Wishlist importance. Subsequently, I'm setting this bug's status to Wishlist.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Pander (pander)]

See also https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1581331

[Pander (pander)]

and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1581341 and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1581338

[Pander (pander)]

and see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1581387

[shankao (shankao)]

There is now Telegram in the ubuntu software store as a snap package. Can this bug be marked as solved then?

[Or Schiro (orschiro)]

You're right, @shankao!

Can I do this as a normal user?

Thankfully,

~Robert

[shankao (shankao)]

After pressing "install" in ubuntu software, you'll need to type your root password, as it usually happens when you install any new program.
Setting the bug as "fix released"