Enabling .htaccess file to rewrite path (not working) in ubuntu

For apache version 2.4 and later, you have to go to

firstly enable a2enmod

sudo a2enmod rewrite 

and

sudo service apache2 restart

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf

add these lines at end

<Directory /var/www/html>
    AllowOverride All
 </Directory>

and

sudo service apache2 restart