How do I fix this "You don't have permission to access / on this server." issue?

Question

I have Apache 2.4.7. I also use ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS

So I followed this:

and this:

What it is telling me is that I should go into apache2.conf and add "Require all granted" for it to work.

This is what the inside of my apache2.conf file looks like:

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 05 '16 at 19:03

So I couldn't figure out what exactly was causing the error but I ended up fixing it like this.

First delete the html folder, this won't workout doing this.

Second,

sudo apt-get purge -y apache2 mysql-server php5 libapache2-mod-php5

then reinstall everything.

sudo apt-get install -y apache2 mysql-server php5 libapache2-mod-php5

Then

sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www
sudo chown -R USERNAME /var/www

(Put username in username)

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