Command-line interface for Telegram. Uses the readline interface.
Telegram-cli is a command-line interface for Telegram, using the Telegram
API and libopenssl for encryption. Type help to list all commands, the app
comes with exhaustive tab-completion.
Source code available at https://github.com/vysheng/tg
Enable snaps on elementary OS and install telegram-cli
Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
Enable snapd
Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open Terminal from the Applications launcher and type the following:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.
Install telegram-cli
To install telegram-cli, simply use the following command: