To setup a local instance of pandora: bzr branch http://code.0x2620.org/pandora pandora cd pandora virtualenv . pip -E . install -r requirements.txt you need python, bazaar, pip and virtualenv: apt-get install python-setuptools bzr easy_install pip pip install virtualenv apt-get install python-dev python-imaging python-numpy also it uses system python moduels, so make sure you have ipython, dbmodule(psycopg2, python-mysqldb,..) installed via apt-get/pip/easy_install in your system path. Install rabbitmq and carrot: sudo apt-get install rabbitmq-server sudo rabbitmqctl add_user pandora box sudo rabbitmqctl add_vhost /pandora sudo rabbitmqctl set_permissions -p /pandora pandora ".*" ".*" ".*" update BROKER_* settings in local_settings.py: Development: we are using django, http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ Apache setup: sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-wsgi libapache2-mod-xsendfile