Python - Can't Install Packages: TypeError: unorderable types: NoneType() >= str()

Question

System: Win7 64, Python 3.4, Pycharm 3.0.2, MinGW

Whenever I try to install a package, in Pycharm or via command line, I get this:

running install
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Answer 1

Someone recommended I try to compile a helloworld.cpp with mingw. It failed!

The instructions I was using said I only needed to install mingw32-gcc-g++. This didn't work for me. Using the MinGW Installation Manager, I added:

• mingw-developer-toolkit
• mingw32-base
• msys-base
• mingw32-gcc-g++ (already installed previously)

So the proper instructions are:

1. Download the mingw-get-setup.exe installer from here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/Installer/
2. Run it
3. Install the packages mentioned above
4. Add c:\mingw\bin\ to your path environment variable
5. Goto c:\python34\Lib\distutils\ and create distutils.cfg

6. Open the distutils.cfg and insert two lines

   [build]

   compiler=mingw32

I think that compiler=mingw32 refers to mingw32.exe executable. That file didn't exist by default for me! I had to make a copy of mingw32-c++.exe and rename it mingw32.exe.

I hope this helps someone else!