RewriteRule in .htaccess not working

Question

I am currently running Apache2 on my local machine, installed with the latest version of Ubuntu.

I am trying to get basic URL rewriting working by using the .htacces

Answer 1

For the benefit of others, I figured out the answer:

In the file "/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default" there was the line:

AllowOverride None

Change this to:

AllowOverride All