pip-install-test
A minimal stub package to test success of pip install
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you need a minimal test to verify pip functionality. The package is abandoned and carries no active maintenance, but it has no dependencies and serves its narrow purpose reliably. Install it only for validation or testing scenarios, not for any production use.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Installation is straightforward with no dependencies, but the package has been abandoned since its last release on 2019-03-28 and has not been updated in over 2696 days.
- It serves its original purpose as a test stub, but carries no active maintenance.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license permits use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions, making it safe to install for testing purposes.
last release 2019-03-28 (2696 days)
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 226,129 downloads/mo, #9,206 on PyPI
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pip install pip-install-test
import pip_install_test- Whether the package remains functional with current Python versions despite its age and lack of maintenance.
- Whether the package's unspecified Python support covers modern Python versions.
What it is and what it does
pip-install-test is a deliberately minimal stub package designed to verify that pip and the Python packaging system are working correctly in a given environment. It contains no runtime dependencies and is intended solely as a proof-of-concept that third-party module installation succeeds. The package is not meant to exercise the full feature set of pip or setuptools, but rather to provide a simple, lightweight way to confirm that an environment can install and import a package.
This package is explicitly designed for testing and validation scenarios—checking that a fresh Python environment has working pip infrastructure, or verifying that a CI/CD pipeline can successfully install packages. It has no practical functionality beyond its existence as an importable module.
Use it for
- Verify that pip is correctly installed and functional in a new Python environment.
- Test that a CI/CD pipeline can successfully execute pip install commands.
- Confirm that Python package management works before installing production dependencies.
- Validate that a containerized or isolated Python environment has working package installation.
Worth the install?
AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page. Verify before relying on it.
Yes, if you need a minimal test to verify pip functionality.
The package is abandoned and carries no active maintenance, but it has no dependencies and serves its narrow purpose reliably. Install it only for validation or testing scenarios, not for any production use.
Install
pip-install-test on PyPI
Before you install
Installation is straightforward with no dependencies, but the package has been abandoned since its last release on 2019-03-28 and has not been updated in over 2696 days. It serves its original purpose as a test stub, but carries no active maintenance.
License in practice
MIT license permits use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions, making it safe to install for testing purposes.
Quickstart
pip install pip-install-test
import pip_install_testVerify before relying
- Whether the package remains functional with current Python versions despite its age and lack of maintenance.
- Whether the package's unspecified Python support covers modern Python versions.
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Not specified |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | None |
| Maintenance | Abandoned 2,696 days since the last release |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 226,129 / month, #9,206 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
Evidence: pip_install_test-0.5-py3-none-any.whl
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