how to enable mod_rewrite in apache2.2 (debian/ubuntu)
Here i am going to describe how to enable mod_rewrite in apache2.2 -specaily for debian.
In default installion of apache2.2 on debian never enable mod_rewrite default. So you may need to enable .
First install the apache2.2 with this command :
debian user please use “su” before start this process
ubuntu user please use “sudo su” before start this process
apt-get install apache2 (it will install apache 2.2)
now use locate to find if the mod_rewrite.so is availble on your server
updatedb
locate mod_rewrite.so
it will found in “/usr/lib/apache2/modules”
new apache follow some folders to enable and desuable mods.
so now do this:
cd /etc/apache2/mods-enabled
touch rewrite.load
gedit rewrite.load (you may use any editor to edit this file)
now paste this following line
LoadModule rewrite_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_rewrite.so
Then edit /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default
Find the following
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
and change it to
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride all
Order allow,deny
allow from all
and finally restart Apache
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
OK, you done 
don’t forget to comment, if it works or not.
thanks.
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I am S. M. Ibrahim lavlu aka lavluda working as web application developer, SEO, server security and optimization, apps scaling consultant from dhaka, bangladesh. On my free time i like to pass my time for opensource projects.
use only this command:
# a2enmod rewrite
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I cannot find file /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default on ubuntu 9.04
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@Sitthykun
Perhaps
/etc/apache2/sites-available/default
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I just want to say I love you. I don’t care if you’re a man or a woman, but I’ve been wrestling with a WordPress install for twelve hours now, and this fixed it entirely, and I love you.
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I am running Ubuntu 10.04, and from the command line I tried running “a2enmod rewrite”, but that was not enough to enable the feature. However I did “sudo vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/default” (note the difference in file name), changed “Order allow,deny” to “Order allow,all”, saved my changes, and from the command line executed: “sudo service apache2 restart”.
After apache2 came back up, the rewrite feature was enabled. THANK YOU!
I had already installed Drupal without this feature. If anyone else is in this boat, as Drupal administrator, go to “administer >> site configuration >> clean urls”. You can run a test there to determine if the rewrite feature is enabled (in my case it seemed to auto-test it). It was. (Yay!) You can then enable Clean URLs and save your configuration changes.
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Thanks a lot! That’s the solution I needed.
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Thanks a lot!
It work great!!!!
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Hi Lavluda!
You are the grand-ala-pubah of apache2!
This worked perfectly for me! the “AllowOverride all” was all I was missing! Your rock!
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