Uploaded images do not show on localhost

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I’m working with WordPress 3.3.1 on a local installation. I’ve uploaded an image file and it doesn’t show up.

The base directory is a symbolic link /var/www/wordpress/ that leads to /usr/share/wordpress/

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The file exists here:
/srv/www/wp-uploads/localhost/2013/01/Logo.png

WordPress thinks the file is here:
http://localhost/wordpress/2013/01/Logo.png (Apache gives 404)

How can I configure Apache or WordPress to get the correct file?

I’m confused because /srv/www/localhost/ contains the WordPress files (as well).

Also, I’ve found questions related to wp-content/uploads but this directory doesn’t exist.

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  1. It would seem your permissions and / or ownership on /usr/share/wordpress/ could be wrong. Try setting this directory to 777 and CHOWN the owner to Apache (on Ubuntu it runs as user www-data).

    If WordPress was unzipped/expanded in /usr/share/wordpress you would have a folder wp-content – and the /uploads folder should be created in there (assuming permissions etc are right).

    You also mention /srv/www/wp-uploads/localhost/ and /srv/www/localhost/ — so maybe you were changing your VHOST files too? Have you enabled mod-rewrite or anything different?

  2. I solved this by creating a symbolic link in the /var/www/ directory.

    ln -s /srv/www/wp-uploads/localhost/ wp-uploads

    This is probably an ugly hack and there must be something wrong with the Apache configuration, but it works for the Sandbox.