These instructions are written for Ubuntu Linux 16.04. The steps needed to install Lua are the same for Ubuntu Linux 12.04 and higher.
- Go to http://code.visualstudio.com/ and download the Visual Studio Code installer .deb file. Take note of the name of the downloaded file; the version I am using is named code_1.9.1-1486597190_amd64.deb.
- Once downloaded, launch a new Terminal window. Navigate the Terminal to the downloads folder with the following command: cd ~/Downloads.
- Next, install the .deb file with the following command: sudo dpkg -i ./code_1.9.1-1486597190_amd64.deb. The filename might be different based on the version of VS Code you downloaded.
- Fix any missing or broken dependencies with the following command: ...