On a Debian System Enable clean URLs open a terminal first step: as root # a2enmod rewrite comes back with run Module rewrite installed; run /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload to enable second step if Mepis: go to /etc/apache2/apache2.conf find the area where there are "Directory" tags in this section, add AllowOverride all Second step if Sidux: Go to apache2 then to mods-available folder edit alias.conf editing AllowOverride from none to all Both systems: within the <IfModule alias_module></IfModule> tags add a segment for each site that needs clean urls <Directory /var/www/sitefolder> AllowOverride all </Directory> Substituting each folder for "sitefolder" Restart apache (as root) /etc/init.d/apache2 restart