System packages you will need outside of what is included in pip:
libevent (available on homebrew or in any linux package manager)
redis
To make sure your system will be able read to hack on everything we will be using please do the following:
$ virtualenv --no-site-packages pycon-test
$ source pycon-test/bin/activate
$ cd pycon-test
$ git clone https://github.com/sontek/pycon2012.git
$ cd pycon2012/pyvore/
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
$ python setup.py develop
$ pserve ./development.ini
and then you will need to have redis installed and launch it in a different terminal
$ redis-server
If all this works you will be able to do everything you need to during the tutorial. If not please send me an e-mail with the errors and I will help you work through any issues at sontek@gmail.com.
Thanks, John