OS: Windows 10
Server: Putty Ubuntu 14.04.3

These were the instructions I was given to follow in setting up Omeka through my server.

sudo cp .htaccess.changeme .htaccess

$ sudo nano .htaccess

move down to where you see this

Rewrite Rules

If you know modrewrite is enabled, but you are still getting modrewrite

errors, uncomment the line below and replace "/" with your base directory.

RewriteBase /

change the line "# RewriteBase /“ so that it says "RewriteBase /Omeka"

save and close the file

now, go to http://[YOUR SERVER'S IP ADDRESS]/phpmyadmin/ in your web browser

log in to phpmyadmin with whatever you set your login info to

once you’ve logged in, click “databases"

type Omeka into the box, and click “create”

now, go back to your server

in Putty

$ sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

press control button + w

^^ that is the command to search

if you correctly hit the command to search you should see this…

Type “AllowOverride” into the search box and hit enter

use your arrows to move down to find this part…

<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
</Directory> (edited)

edit the line that says “AllowOverride None"

so that it says "AllowOverride All"

save and close the file

$ sudo service apache2 restart

now, go to your web browser and go to http://[YOUR IP ADDRESS HERE]/Omeka/install/install.php

set the options to whatever you want

set the ImageMagick path to /usr/bin/

I still get the 500 error when I enter my IP/Omeka/install/install.php .