Apache on Ubuntu Server - .htaccess not working

I have been using WAMP on my computer for a while, with no problems. I recently setup my spare computer with Ubuntu Server and LAMP.

I was able to get my files transferred (thanks to winscp).

However, for one of my sites i have "seo safe urls" so i am using a .htaccess file to force file types, and when i try to access my site i get the error "The requested URL /SubSoft/pages/home was not found on this server."

Here is my HTACCESS file

Code:

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<Files pages> 
 ForceType application/x-httpd-php 
</Files>

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As you can see "pages" is being forced as a php file.