Issue
I am Debian user.
I run the code in the shell as a root:
I want to install telegram with below command :
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/telegram
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install telegram
I get the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 11, in <module>
from softwareproperties.SoftwareProperties import SoftwareProperties, shortcut_handler
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 27, in <module>
import apt_pkg
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'apt_pkg'
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 63, in apport_excepthook
from apport.fileutils import likely_packaged, get_recent_crashes
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/__init__.py", line 5, in <module>
from apport.report import Report
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 30, in <module>
import apport.fileutils
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/fileutils.py", line 23, in <module>
from apport.packaging_impl import impl as packaging
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 23, in <module>
import apt
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/__init__.py", line 23, in <module>
import apt_pkg
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'apt_pkg'
Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 11, in <module>
from softwareproperties.SoftwareProperties import SoftwareProperties, shortcut_handler
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 27, in <module>
import apt_pkg
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'apt_pkg'
how can I resolve it?
Thanks
Solution
Tow way to install telegram
on debian:
1) The telegram
package can be installed through snap
.
# apt install snapd
To find a package:
snap find telegram
Sample output:
Name Version Developer Notes Summary
telegram-sergiusens 1.2.6 sergiusens - Telegram desktop client
telegram-cli 1.4.5 marius-quabeck - Command-line interface for Telegram. Uses the readline interface.
telegram-desktop 1.2.17 3v1n0 - Official desktop client for the Telegram messenger
ubuntu-social-kit 3 keshavnrj - Bring social media apps to Ubuntu Desktop
squirrelbot 1.1.2 xordspar0 - A Telegram bot that stashes away links that you send it
mup-plugins 2017.04.19 niemeyer - mup IRC and Telegram bot - plugins side
mup-accounts 2016.09.24 niemeyer - mup IRC and Telegram bot - account connection side
shell2telegram 1.7 msoap - Telegram bot constructor from command-line
To install telegram
:
# snap install telegram-desktop
2) The package telegram-desktop
is available on stretch-backports
. Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list
by adding the following line:
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stretch-backports main
Save then run:
# apt update
# apt install telegram-desktop
The package is available also for debian Buster and Sid.
Remove the ppa:atareao/telegram
(Under /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
) and see the answer linked by @aicastell to fix the error.
Answered By - GAD3R Answer Checked By - Dawn Plyler (WPSolving Volunteer)