Fresh install - blank installation page - cant find js files

Hi,
I’ve given up trying to migrate and thought i would take a look at a fresh install of 8.2, but unfortunately i’m getting a blank installation page .

I’ve set the document root and directory settings in apache to public, and the following url is being returned http://192.168.1.2/index.php/

Chrome devtools indicates that the above index page is not finding some of the js files… and shows 404 error for the following.

Request URL: http://192.168.1.2/index.php/dist/polyfills-es2015.e450e5585fc067c2eadd.js

I’m assuming this is because index.php needs removing from the request URL? And this needs doing in .htaccess rewrite somehow?

done it again sorry!
I spend ages struggling and then the solution comes as soon as I’ve posted.

i needed to run

sudo a2enmod rewrite