Codeigniter on Ubuntu no welcome message

Question

I am trying to run CodeIgniter (2.14) on Ubuntu 13.10. I have put the files in \"var/www/CodeIgniter\" but when I enter the directory from the browser it does not show any w

Answer 1

The Problem is rights on the 'var/www' folder. This can be fixed by the terminal or when unziping.

When unziping from the terminal like below it works

    sudo unzip CodeIgniter_2.1.4.zip -d /var/www/"desired folder"

Could also be fixed by changing rights after unpacking with GUI interface..

    sudo chmod 755 -R www

And to be able to use Netbeans as non sudo user change the folder owner

    sudo chown 'user-name' 'folder-name' 

Answer 2

try to change permissions:

sudo chmod 777 -R /var/www/Codeigniter

Answer 3

try to remove .htaccess from the root of myproject