Installing Graphite is (not quite) easy

install-graphite.bash

#!/usr/bin/env bash

if [ ! -z `echo $VIRTUAL_ENV` ]; then
    PYVERSION=$(python -c "import sys; print '%s.%s' % (sys.version_info.major, sys.version_info.minor)")
    PYSITEPKG=$VIRTUAL_ENV/lib/python$PYVERSION/site-packages

    pip install whisper

    pip install carbon \
        --install-option="--prefix=$VIRTUAL_ENV" \
        --install-option="--install-lib=$PYSITEPKG" \
        --install-option="--install-data=$PWD"

    pip install graphite-web \
        --install-option="--prefix=$VIRTUAL_ENV" \
        --install-option="--install-lib=$PWD/lib" \
        --install-option="--install-data=$PWD"

    pip install django
    pip install "django-tagging"
    pip install "django-mysql-pymsql"
    pip install gunicorn
    pip install gevent
    pip install pymysql
    pip install "django-mysql-pymysql"

    # symlinks
    for PKGPATH in $(find $PWD/lib -type d -name "graphite*"); do
        PKGNAME=$(basename $PKGPATH)
        ln -sf $PKGPATH $PYSITEPKG/$PKGNAME
    done

    # If you're on Ubuntu, uncomment these lines
    # sudo apt-get install python-cairo
    # ln -s /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cairo $PYSITEPKG/cairo

    # If you're on Centos, uncomment these lines
    # sudo yum install pycairo
    # ln -s /usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/cairo $PYSITEPKG/cairo
fi