http and .htaccess

[tritron]

How do you enable .htaccess with apache installed on our arm devices.

[WarheadsSE]

Please read manual.

For start https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LAMP

[pepedog]

Ability already there, just create file.
If you want to up permissions, in httpd.conf you need to change on a per directory basis AllowOverride (like AllowOverride All)
If you are just password protecting http://www.htaccesstools.com/htpasswd-generator/