Notes: I indented for clarity. Only copy from the start to the end of the text on each line Steps to install curl sudo apt update sudo apt install curl Steps to install Lua: curl -R -O http://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.3.5.tar.gz tar zxf lua-5.3.5.tar.gz cd lua-5.3.5 make linux test sudo make install Note: Above, "make linux test" may take a while Steps to install LOVE/LOVE 2D: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bartbes/love-stable sudo apt-get update sudo apt install love To install ZeroBrane (IDE/Editor for Lua): Go to this link - https://studio.zerobrane.com/download Click Linux 32/64 bit (shell archive) (this will download a file called ZeroBraneStudioEduPack-1.80-linux.sh) Go to where you downloaded ZeroBraneStudioEduPack-1.80-linux.sh Right click in the folder and click open terminal Use the following commands to install: chmod +x ZeroBraneStudioEduPack-1.80-linux.sh sudo ./ZeroBraneStudioEduPack-1.80-linux.sh