php - Codeigniter on Ubuntu no welcome message

Question

I am trying to run CodeIgniter (2.14) on Ubuntu 13.10. I have put the files in "var/www/CodeIgniter" but when I enter the directory from the browser it does not show any welcome message as it did previously when working with CodeIgniter on Microsoft Windows 7. I have verified that PHP works on the environment with the function phpinfo() - PHP Version 5.5.3-1ubuntu2. The rights for the folder are 755 if that is of any importance.

I have tried to set the base URL to

 http://localhost/"myproject".

I have tried to re-download and "reinstall" CodeIgniter.

Guys I really could use your help I don't feel like running an windows environment in virtual box just for this and I definitely wouldn't like to install windows 8.1 just for this. All help is appreciated and considered constructive.

Answer 1

try to change permissions:

sudo chmod 777 -R /var/www/Codeigniter