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Elgg install error: Your server does not support automatic testing of the rewrite rules and your browser does not support checking via JavaScript

I'm trying to install elgg on my apache2 server but I keep getting the error when I get to the installation page elgg/install.php?step=requirements:

Your server does not support automatic testing of the rewrite rules and your browser does not support checking via JavaScript. You can continue the installation, but you may experience problems with your site. You can manually test the rewrite rules by clicking this link: test. You will see the word success if the rules are working.

I already have done:

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/html
sudo chmod 755 /var/www/html -R

and even:

sudo chmod 777 /var/www/html -R

but to no success. I Keep getting the warning. What am I not doing? I am able to create a database, and even log into PHPMyAdmin, though.

Thank you all in advance.

elgg-2.3.3

PHP

PHP 7.0.19-1 (cli) (built: May 11 2017 14:04:47) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2017 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.0.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2017 Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v7.0.19-1, Copyright (c) 1999-2017, by Zend Technologies

APACHE

Server version: Apache/2.4.25 (Debian)
Server built: 2017-01-25T22:59:26

Kali Linux

Linux rev 4.6.0-kali1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.6.4-1kali1 (2016-07-21) x86_64 GNU/Linux

Solution

  • try changing permission of elgg-config folder.

    chmod 777 elgg-config

    if you are using nginx

    location = /rewrite.php {
        rewrite ^(.*)$ /install.php;
    }