# build binary
git clone https://github.com/lomik/go-carbon.git
cd go-carbon
make submodules
make

# build rpm (centos 6)
make rpm

# build debian/ubuntu package
make deb

Install debian dependencies: 
apt-get install golang 

# hand-made install
sudo install -m 0755 go-carbon /usr/local/bin/go-carbon
sudo go-carbon --config-print-default > /usr/local/etc/carbon.conf
sudo vim /usr/local/etc/carbon.conf
sudo go-carbon --config /usr/local/etc/carbon.conf --daemon

$ go-carbon --help
Usage of go-carbon:
  -check-config=false: Check config and exit
  -config="": Filename of config
  -config-print-default=false: Print default config
  -daemon=false: Run in background
  -pidfile="": Pidfile path (only for daemon)
  -version=false: Print version

[common]
# Run as user. Works only in daemon mode
user = ""
# If logfile is empty use stderr
logfile = "/var/log/go-carbon/go-carbon.log"
# Logging error level. Valid values: "debug", "info", "warn", "warning", "error"
log-level = "info"
# Prefix for store all internal go-carbon graphs. Supported macroses: {host}
graph-prefix = "carbon.agents.{host}."
# Increase for configuration with multi persisters
max-cpu = 1

[whisper]
data-dir = "/data/graphite/whisper/"
# http://graphite.readthedocs.org/en/latest/config-carbon.html#storage-schemas-conf. Required
schemas-file = "/data/graphite/schemas"
# http://graphite.readthedocs.org/en/latest/config-carbon.html#storage-aggregation-conf. Optional
aggregation-file = ""
# Workers count. Metrics sharded by "crc32(metricName) % workers"
workers = 1
# Limits the number of whisper update_many() calls per second. 0 - no limit
max-updates-per-second = 0
enabled = true

[cache]
# Limit of in-memory stored points (not metrics)
max-size = 1000000
# Capacity of queue between receivers and cache
input-buffer = 51200

[udp]
listen = ":2003"
enabled = true
# Enable optional logging of incomplete messages (chunked by MTU)
log-incomplete = false

[tcp]
listen = ":2003"
enabled = true

[pickle]
listen = ":2004"
enabled = true

[carbonlink]
listen = "127.0.0.1:7002"
enabled = true
# Close inactive connections after "read-timeout"
read-timeout = "30s"
# Return empty result if cache not reply
query-timeout = "100ms"

[pprof]
listen = "localhost:7007"
enabled = false