Install graphite in a virtualenv (for my webfaction server)

gistfile1.txt

# this script will install whisper, carbon and graphite-web on the current directory

sudo apt-get python-dev

mkvirtualenv --system-site-packages graphite

pip install twisted
pip install django
pip install django-tagging
pip install gunicorn

SITE_PACKAGE=`virtualenvwrapper_get_site_packages_dir`
DIR=`pwd`

pip install whisper
pip install carbon --install-option="--prefix=$DIR" --install-option="--install-lib=$SITE_PACKAGE"
pip install graphite-web --install-option="--prefix=$DIR" --install-option="--install-lib=$SITE_PACKAGE"

export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$HOME/lib/pkgconfig
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/lib

# install pycairo dependencies
wget http://www.cairographics.org/releases/pixman-0.28.0.tar.gz
tar -xzf pixman-0.28.0.tar.gz
cd pixman-0.28.0
./configure --prefix=$HOME
make
make install
cd ..

wget http://www.cairographics.org/releases/cairo-1.12.8.tar.xz
tar -xJf cairo-1.12.8.tar.xz 
cd cairo-1.12.8
./configure --prefix=$HOME
make
make install
cd ..

wget http://www.cairographics.org/releases/py2cairo-1.10.0.tar.bz2
tar -xjf py2cairo-1.10.0.tar.bz2
cd py2cairo-1.10.0
./waf configure --prefix=$VIRTUAL_ENV
./waf build
./waf install
cd ..

rm -rf cairo-1.12.8*
rm -rf pixman-0.28.0*
rm -rf py2cairo-1.10.0*

# configure graphite-web paths
GRAPHITE_WEB_SETTINGS=$SITE_PACKAGE/graphite/local_settings.py
cp $GRAPHITE_WEB_SETTINGS{.example,}
cat >> $GRAPHITE_WEB_SETTINGS <<EOF
GRAPHITE_ROOT = '$DIR'
CONF_DIR = GRAPHITE_ROOT + '/conf'
STORAGE_DIR = GRAPHITE_ROOT +  '/storage'
CONTENT_DIR = GRAPHITE_ROOT + '/webapp/content'
DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'NAME': GRAPHITE_ROOT + '/storage/graphite.db',
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        'USER': '',
        'PASSWORD': '',
        'HOST': '',
        'PORT': ''
    }
}
EOF

# run syncdb
django-admin.py syncdb --settings graphite.settings

How come there is sudo in the script when it is meant to be run on Webfaction? Are you using a VPS?