Enable mod_rewrite?
http://roshanbh.com.np/2008/04/check-enable-mod_rewrite-apache.html

Hi,

I have issues instaling silverstripe on my development machine (mac osx leopard)

I am absolutely sure mod_rewrite is working fine, I can see it in the loaded modules with a <?php phpinfo(); ?> and it's working fine on other CMS installations (I.E. Wordpress)

The documentations says silverstripe can be installed without mod_rewrite, in that case I don't know how that can be achieved, as the installer always hangs:

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# Creating 'mysite/_config.php'...
# Creating /Users/juju/Sites/silverstripe/mysite/_config.php
# Creating '.htaccess' file...
# Creating /Users/juju/Sites/silverstripe/.htaccess
# Building database schema...
# Checking that friendly URLs work...
# Friendly URLs are not working. This is most likely because mod_rewrite isn't configuredcorrectly on your site. Please check the following things in your Apache configuration; you may need to get your web host or server administrator to do this for you:

* mod_rewrite is enabled
* AllowOverride All is set for your directory
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I thought "AllowOverride All" was defined in the .htaccess ?

the .htacess is generated with the following content:

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## SILVERSTRIPE START ###
<Files *.ss>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.1
</Files>

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.gif$)|(\.jpg$)|(\.png$)|(\.css$)|(\.js$)|(\.php$)

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*)$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule .* sapphire/main.php?url=%1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
</IfModule>
### SILVERSTRIPE END ###

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I never had this kind of errors.... so I don't really knowwhere to look....

any tips will be highly appreciated

cheers