diff --git a/tests/venv/apt-packages/apt.txt b/tests/venv/apt-packages/apt.txt
index 459a4651..1b3b023e 100644
--- a/tests/venv/apt-packages/apt.txt
+++ b/tests/venv/apt-packages/apt.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 # testing to skip comments in this file
 
 gfortran
+
+# testing to see if all packages get installed
+rolldice
+moo
+
diff --git a/tests/venv/apt-packages/verify b/tests/venv/apt-packages/verify
index c42f4cf4..489fe2b3 100755
--- a/tests/venv/apt-packages/verify
+++ b/tests/venv/apt-packages/verify
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -euo pipefail
 which gfortran
+which rolldice
+which sl