diff -up ./conf/carbon.conf.example.orig ./conf/carbon.conf.example
--- ./conf/carbon.conf.example.orig	2012-05-31 15:09:32.796575476 -0600
+++ ./conf/carbon.conf.example	2012-05-31 15:10:59.641332773 -0600
@@ -30,10 +30,17 @@
 #
 #LOCAL_DATA_DIR = /opt/graphite/storage/whisper/
 
+STORAGE_DIR    = /var/lib/carbon/
+LOCAL_DATA_DIR = /var/lib/carbon/whisper/
+WHITELISTS_DIR = /var/lib/carbon/lists/
+CONF_DIR       = /etc/carbon/
+LOG_DIR        = /var/log/carbon/
+PID_DIR        = /var/run/
+
 # Specify the user to drop privileges to
 # If this is blank carbon runs as the user that invokes it
 # This user must have write access to the local data directory
-USER =
+USER = carbon
 
 # Limit the size of the cache to avoid swapping or becoming CPU bound.
 # Sorts and serving cache queries gets more expensive as the cache grows.
diff -up ./setup.cfg.orig ./setup.cfg
--- ./setup.cfg.orig	2012-05-31 15:20:40.649786911 -0600
+++ ./setup.cfg	2012-05-31 15:21:10.019706501 -0600
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-[install]
-prefix = /opt/graphite
-install-lib = %(prefix)s/lib
+#[install]
+#prefix = /opt/graphite
+#install-lib = %(prefix)s/lib
 
-[bdist_rpm]
-requires = python-twisted
-           whisper
+#[bdist_rpm]
+#requires = python-twisted
+#           whisper
 
-post-install = distro/redhat/misc/postinstall
+#post-install = distro/redhat/misc/postinstall
diff -up ./setup.py.orig ./setup.py
--- ./setup.py.orig	2012-05-31 15:11:28.825257256 -0600
+++ ./setup.py	2012-05-31 15:29:55.807188675 -0600
@@ -12,14 +12,20 @@ else:
   setup_kwargs = dict()
 
 
-storage_dirs = [ ('storage/whisper',[]), ('storage/lists',[]),
-                 ('storage/log',[]), ('storage/rrd',[]) ]
-conf_files = [ ('conf', glob('conf/*.example')) ]
+#storage_dirs = [ ('storage/whisper',[]), ('storage/lists',[]),
+#                 ('storage/log',[]), ('storage/rrd',[]) ]
+#conf_files = [ ('conf', glob('conf/*.example')) ]
 #XXX Need a way to have these work for bdist_rpm but be left alone for everything else
 #init_scripts = [ ('/etc/init.d', ['distro/redhat/init.d/carbon-cache',
 #                                  'distro/redhat/init.d/carbon-relay',
 #                                  'distro/redhat/init.d/carbon-aggregator']) ]
 
+storage_dirs = [
+    ('/var/lib/carbon/whisper',[]),
+    ('/var/lib/carbon/lists',[]),
+    ('/var/lib/carbon/rrd',[])
+]
+
 setup(
   name='carbon',
   version='0.9.10',
@@ -32,7 +38,8 @@ setup(
   package_dir={'' : 'lib'},
   scripts=glob('bin/*'),
   package_data={ 'carbon' : ['*.xml'] },
-  data_files=storage_dirs + conf_files, # + init_scripts,
+  #data_files=storage_dirs + conf_files, # + init_scripts,
+  data_files=storage_dirs,
   install_requires=['twisted', 'txamqp'],
   **setup_kwargs
 )