Description

ubuntu-installation-of-lua-language-server.md

Install the tar file in Github releases.

• https://github.com/LuaLS/lua-language-server/releases

Extract the file.

# Go to the Downloads directory.
cd Downloads

# Extract the file to a specific folder.
mkdir lua-language-server && tar -xzf <file-name>.tar.gz -C ./lua-language-server

Move the file to the /opt directory.

# Move the folder.
sudo mv lua-language-server /opt/

Executing the binary file.

# Calling the language server.
/opt/lua-language-server/bin/lua-language-server

• Example in neovim init.lua.

-- LUA CONFIGURATION
lspconfig.lua_ls.setup {
  cmd = { "/opt/lua-language-server/bin/lua-language-server" },
  settings = {
    Lua = {
      diagnostics = {
        -- Get the language server to recognize the `vim` global
        globals = {'vim'},
      },
    },
  },
}