Enable modules globally
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
# prefix relative substitution (e.g. base = /admin/, substitution = index.php -> substitution = /admin/index.php)
RewriteBase [base]
# delete trailing slashes if not a folder
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ $1 [L,R=301]
</IfModule>
# syntax
RewriteRule [regex] [substitution] [flags]
# substitution is relative to domain
# if leading slash is omitted in a folder context (i.e. in .htacess), substitution is relative to current folder
# enable module
a2enmod rewrite
# restart apache
service apache2 restart