Installing Venus on Debian

[Lech]

My python experience is a bit non-existent at the moment, however I do
have a grasp on the installation of some things and could use some
hand-holding from someone who could help me figure this out. Currently
I'm attempting to install Venus under Debian (on MediaTemple) running
Python 2.4.4 and just uploaded it to a random directory and ran the
test.

I moved a fresh directory to other locations to gauge whether I would
get the same result, and in some cases, based on directory location
more errors are thrown. Currently I've decided upon this location
which at the moment appears to toss the least amount of errors. Could
anyone offer some advice on how to possibly help solve this?

python runtests.py
Genshi is not available => can't test genshi filters
Django is not available => can't test django filters
Redland RDF is not available => can't test FOAF reading lists
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ERROR: test_xslt_filter (tests.test_filter_xslt.XsltFilterTests)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/14822/users/.home/venus/tests/test_filter_xslt.py", line
14, in test_xslt_filter
    dom = xml.dom.minidom.parseString(output)
  File "xml/dom/minidom.py", line 1925, in parseString
  File "xml/dom/expatbuilder.py", line 940, in parseString
  File "xml/dom/expatbuilder.py", line 223, in parseString
ExpatError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 1, column 8

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FAIL: test_addsearch_filter (tests.test_filter_xslt.XsltFilterTests)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/14822/users/.home/venus/tests/test_filter_xslt.py", line
22, in test_addsearch_filter
    self.assertTrue(output.find('<h2>Search</h2>')>=0)
AssertionError

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Ran 206 tests in 4.814s

FAILED (failures=1, errors=1)

I don't suppose there's alive IRC network or channel for Planet or
Venus, is there?