Lets start off by making sure we have a updated fresh debian squeeze install # apt-get update # apt-get -y upgrade # reboot Installation We install the prerequisites necessary for graphite. # apt-get install -y python2.6 python-pip python-cairo python-django python-django-tagging # apt-get install -y libapache2-mod-wsgi python-twisted python-memcache python-pysqlite2 python-simplejson The remaini