---
title: Install decarta-bot on elementary OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of decarta-bot for on elementary OS - Telegram
  bot that turns a restaurant menu into a web page
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/decarta-bot/elementary
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# Install decarta-bot on **elementary OS**

# decarta-bot

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/decarta-bot/elementary#install)

#### Telegram bot that turns a restaurant menu into a web page

A restaurant owner sends a menu to the bot on Telegram, as a file or as
text. The bot validates it, shows a preview and, once the owner taps
Publish, commits it to a static site repository that serves the menu
page. /qr returns a QR code of the page for the tables.

The snap runs the bot as a service. It is installed stopped, because
it needs a configuration first.

**Configure**

Create the file, readable by root only because it holds two tokens:

```
 sudo install -m 600 /dev/null /var/snap/decarta-bot/common/.env
 sudoedit /var/snap/decarta-bot/common/.env
```

Put these lines in it, with your own values:

```
 TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=<the token @BotFather gave you>
 HASH_SECRET=<32 or more random characters, e.g. from "openssl rand -hex 32">
 GITHUB_TOKEN=<a fine-grained token with "Contents: Read and write" on the site repository only>
 GITHUB_REPO=<owner/name of your copy of decarta-site>
 HUGO_BASE_URL=<https address of that site>
 ADMIN_USER_IDS=<your Telegram user ID; send /myid to the bot to see it>
```

The first five are required. Without ADMIN\_USER\_IDS the bot runs but
nobody may publish. Do not change HASH\_SECRET later: it changes every
menu address.

**Commands**

```
 sudo snap start --enable decarta-bot    # start now and at every boot
 sudo snap restart decarta-bot           # after changing .env
 sudo snap stop --disable decarta-bot    # stop and keep it stopped
 sudo snap logs -f decarta-bot           # follow the log
 snap services decarta-bot               # is it running?
 snap run decarta-bot --version          # which version is installed
```

The optional variables, how to create the two tokens and the full guide:
<https://github.com/luis-serrano-l/decarta-bot/blob/main/docs/how-to/run-as-snap.md>

### Package name

* decarta-bot

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 13 November 2026 - latest/candidate
* Today - latest/edge

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* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/decarta-bot/elementary#report-snap-modal)

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[See more information about decarta-bot ›](https://snapcraft.io/decarta-bot)

## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install decarta-bot

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](https://snapcraft.io/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 decarta-bot

To install decarta-bot, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install decarta-bot --candidate
```

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