> I been trying to compile matplotlib in a python3.4 virtual env using > pip version 1.7 on Fedora 22. I am in about 3 weeks learning python > and Django so I am not clear on the error response to: > ... > File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/distutils/version.py", line 343, in _cmp > if self.version < other.version: > TypeError: unorderable types: str() < int() Looks like a bug in distuils (which is a package used by pip). Maybe you can upgrade to a newer version of distutils? (pip3 install -U distutils) and try again?
As a side note, I find using conda to install scipy related packages a much easier way. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
