Installing VS Code on Linux

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.

1. 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.
2. Once downloaded, launch a new Terminal window. Navigate the Terminal to the downloads folder with the following command: cd ~/Downloads.
3. 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.
4. Fix any missing or broken dependencies with the following command: sudo apt-get install -f.
5. Visual Studio Code is now installed, and there are no further actions to take.