Install Graphite 0.9.10 on Ubuntu 10.04 , pycairo setup included, copy cairo

install-graphite-ubuntu-10.04.sh

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

wget http://launchpad.net/graphite/0.9/0.9.10/+download/graphite-web-0.9.10.tar.gz
wget http://launchpad.net/graphite/0.9/0.9.10/+download/carbon-0.9.10.tar.gz
wget http://launchpad.net/graphite/0.9/0.9.10/+download/whisper-0.9.10.tar.gz
wget http://cairographics.org/releases/py2cairo-1.10.0.tar.bz2

tar xjf py2cairo-1.10.0.tar.bz2
tar -zxvf graphite-web-0.9.10.tar.gz
tar -zxvf carbon-0.9.10.tar.gz
tar -zxvf whisper-0.9.10.tar.gz

mv graphite-web-0.9.10 graphite
mv carbon-0.9.10 carbon
mv whisper-0.9.10 whisper
mv whisper-0.9.10 whisper
rm carbon-0.9.10.tar.gz
rm graphite-web-0.9.10.tar.gz
rm whisper-0.9.10.tar.gz
rm py2cairo-1.10.0.tar.bz2

sudo apt-get install --assume-yes apache2 apache2-mpm-worker apache2-utils apache2.2-bin apache2.2-common libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 libapache2-mod-wsgi libaprutil1-ldap memcached python-dev python-cairo-dev python-django python-ldap python-memcache python-pysqlite2 sqlite3 erlang-os-mon erlang-snmp rabbitmq-server bzr expect ssh libapache2-mod-python python-setuptools nano libcairo2-dev

sudo easy_install django django-tagging

####################################
# INSTALL WHISPER
####################################

cd ~/whisper
sudo python setup.py install

####################################
# INSTALL CARBON
####################################

cd ~/carbon
sudo python setup.py install
# CONFIGURE CARBON
####################
cd /opt/graphite/conf
sudo cp carbon.conf.example carbon.conf
sudo cp storage-schemas.conf.example storage-schemas.conf
sudo nano storage-schemas.conf
### edited storage-schemas.conf to be the following
[stats]
priority = 110
pattern = .*
retentions = 10:2160,60:10080,600:262974
###


####################################
# CONFIGURE PYCAIRO
####################################

cd ~/py2cairo-1.10.0
export PYTHON=/usr/bin/python
export LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/include:/usr/include/
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$HOME/lib/pkgconfig
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/lib

./waf configure --prefix=/usr
./waf build
./waf install
cp -R /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/* $(python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())")
####################################
# CONFIGURE GRAPHITE (webapp)
####################################

cd ~/graphite
sudo python check-dependencies.py
sudo python setup.py install

# CONFIGURE APACHE
###################
cd ~/graphite/examples
sudo cp example-graphite-vhost.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
sudo cp /opt/graphite/conf/graphite.wsgi.example /opt/graphite/conf/graphite.wsgi
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
# moved 'WSGIImportScript /opt/gr..' to right before virtual host since it gave me an error saying
# WSGIImportScript cannot occur within <VirtualHost> section
# if this path does not exist make it!!!!!!
# /etc/httpd/wsgi
sudo mkdir /etc/httpd
sudo mkdir /etc/httpd/wsgi
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload

####################################
# INITIAL DATABASE CREATION
####################################
cd /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite/
sudo cp local_settings.py.example local_settings.py
sudo python manage.py syncdb
# follow prompts to setup django admin user
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /opt/graphite/storage/
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart


####################################
# START CARBON
####################################
cd /opt/graphite/
sudo ./bin/carbon-cache.py start

####################################
# SEND DATA TO GRAPHITE
####################################
cd ~/graphite/examples
sudo chmod +x example-client.py
# [optional] edit example-client.py to report data faster
# sudo vim example-client.py
sudo ./example-client.py

Thanks.

You should update this for the latest ubuntu version. It works with minor changes.