just follow the steps below:

 

First step: 

sudo vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/

default

Modify the code from

<Directory />

    Options FollowSymLinks

    AllowOverride None

</Directory>

to

<Directory />

    Options FollowSymLinks

    AllowOverride None

</Directory>

 <Directory />

    Options FollowSymLinks

    AllowOverride All

</Directory>

 

 

Second step:

sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/rewrite.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/rewrite.load

sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/proxy.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/proxy.load

sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/proxy_http.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/proxy_http.load

 

Then restart the apache2:

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

 

 

you now can use .htaccess to achieve the url rewrite