diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 779dd19..ac2b586 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,47 +3,6 @@
 /.coverage
 /build
 /deploy_rsa
-/examples/*.txt
-/examples/aiohttp
-/examples/aiohttp.nix
-/examples/aiohttp_override.nix
-/examples/awscli_and_requests
-/examples/awscli_and_requests.nix
-/examples/connexion
-/examples/connexion.nix
-/examples/empy
-/examples/empy.nix
-/examples/empy_override.nix
-/examples/flake8
-/examples/flake8-includes
-/examples/flake8-includes.nix
-/examples/flake8-includes_override.nix
-/examples/flake8.nix
-/examples/flake8_override.nix
-/examples/ldap
-/examples/ldap.nix
-/examples/lektor
-/examples/lektor
-/examples/lektor.nix
-/examples/lektor.nix
-/examples/mercurial
-/examples/mercurial.nix
-/examples/mercurial_override.nix
-/examples/pillow
-/examples/pillow
-/examples/pillow.nix
-/examples/pillow.nix
-/examples/pillow_override.nix
-/examples/pillow_override.nix
-/examples/pypi2nix
-/examples/rss2email
-/examples/rss2email.nix
-/examples/rss2email_override.nix
-/examples/scipy
-/examples/scipy.nix
-/examples/tornado
-/examples/tornado.nix
-/examples/tornado_override.nix
 /out/
 /result*
 /src/pypi2nix.egg-info/
@@ -62,4 +21,4 @@
 /dist/
 *.egg-info
 **/.eggs/**
-.mypy_cache
\ No newline at end of file
+.mypy_cache
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e442dc9..8edd2d4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -53,3 +53,11 @@ jobs:
       - nix build
       - result/bin/pypi2nix --version
       - nix-shell --command 'pytest unittests/'
+  - stage: package tests
+    name: package installation
+    os: linux
+    env:
+      - NIX_PATH=nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels/archive/nixos-unstable.tar.gz
+    
+    script:
+      - nix-shell --command 'install_test.py'
diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 6de6fca..f427c83 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ in python.mkDerivation {
   dontUseSetuptoolsShellHook = true;
   checkPhase = if doCheck then ''
     echo "Running black ..."
-    black --check --diff -v setup.py src/  unittests/ mypy/ ${maybeIntegrationTestsDir}
+    black --check --diff -v setup.py src/  unittests/ mypy/ ${maybeIntegrationTestsDir} scripts/
     echo "Running flake8 ..."
-    flake8 -v setup.py src/ ${maybeIntegrationTestsDir} unittests/
+    flake8 -v setup.py src/ ${maybeIntegrationTestsDir} unittests/ scripts/
     mypy --config-file setup.cfg src/
     mypy \
         --config-file setup.cfg \
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index cbf4e12..5de6922 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ attrs
 # develop
 pdbpp
 
+# packaging
+twine
+
 # setup requires
 pytest-runner
 setuptools-scm
diff --git a/requirements.nix b/requirements.nix
index 69c2b63..caecd9b 100644
--- a/requirements.nix
+++ b/requirements.nix
@@ -148,6 +148,25 @@ let
       };
     };
 
+    "bleach" = python.mkDerivation {
+      name = "bleach-3.1.0";
+      src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+        url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/78/5a/0df03e8735cd9c75167528299c738702437589b9c71a849489d00ffa82e8/bleach-3.1.0.tar.gz";
+        sha256 = "3fdf7f77adcf649c9911387df51254b813185e32b2c6619f690b593a617e19fa";
+};
+      doCheck = commonDoCheck;
+      buildInputs = commonBuildInputs ++ [ ];
+      propagatedBuildInputs = [
+        self."six"
+        self."webencodings"
+      ];
+      meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib; {
+        homepage = "https://github.com/mozilla/bleach";
+        license = licenses.asl20;
+        description = "An easy safelist-based HTML-sanitizing tool.";
+      };
+    };
+
     "certifi" = python.mkDerivation {
       name = "certifi-2019.9.11";
       src = pkgs.fetchurl {
@@ -614,6 +633,22 @@ let
       };
     };
 
+    "pkginfo" = python.mkDerivation {
+      name = "pkginfo-1.5.0.1";
+      src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+        url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/6c/04/fd6683d24581894be8b25bc8c68ac7a0a73bf0c4d74b888ac5fe9a28e77f/pkginfo-1.5.0.1.tar.gz";
+        sha256 = "7424f2c8511c186cd5424bbf31045b77435b37a8d604990b79d4e70d741148bb";
+};
+      doCheck = commonDoCheck;
+      buildInputs = commonBuildInputs ++ [ ];
+      propagatedBuildInputs = [ ];
+      meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib; {
+        homepage = "https://code.launchpad.net/~tseaver/pkginfo/trunk";
+        license = licenses.mit;
+        description = "Query metadatdata from sdists / bdists / installed packages.";
+      };
+    };
+
     "pluggy" = python.mkDerivation {
       name = "pluggy-0.13.0";
       src = pkgs.fetchurl {
@@ -800,6 +835,27 @@ let
       };
     };
 
+    "readme-renderer" = python.mkDerivation {
+      name = "readme-renderer-24.0";
+      src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+        url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/44/de/a567140b13a0fc8d3b04d85a510b5a7d9869b44b2939fa8ac07c5e421485/readme_renderer-24.0.tar.gz";
+        sha256 = "bb16f55b259f27f75f640acf5e00cf897845a8b3e4731b5c1a436e4b8529202f";
+};
+      doCheck = commonDoCheck;
+      buildInputs = commonBuildInputs ++ [ ];
+      propagatedBuildInputs = [
+        self."bleach"
+        self."docutils"
+        self."pygments"
+        self."six"
+      ];
+      meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib; {
+        homepage = "https://github.com/pypa/readme_renderer";
+        license = licenses.asl20;
+        description = "readme_renderer is a library for rendering \"readme\" descriptions for Warehouse";
+      };
+    };
+
     "requests" = python.mkDerivation {
       name = "requests-2.22.0";
       src = pkgs.fetchurl {
@@ -821,6 +877,24 @@ let
       };
     };
 
+    "requests-toolbelt" = python.mkDerivation {
+      name = "requests-toolbelt-0.9.1";
+      src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+        url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/28/30/7bf7e5071081f761766d46820e52f4b16c8a08fef02d2eb4682ca7534310/requests-toolbelt-0.9.1.tar.gz";
+        sha256 = "968089d4584ad4ad7c171454f0a5c6dac23971e9472521ea3b6d49d610aa6fc0";
+};
+      doCheck = commonDoCheck;
+      buildInputs = commonBuildInputs ++ [ ];
+      propagatedBuildInputs = [
+        self."requests"
+      ];
+      meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib; {
+        homepage = "https://toolbelt.readthedocs.org";
+        license = licenses.asl20;
+        description = "A utility belt for advanced users of python-requests";
+      };
+    };
+
     "setuptools" = python.mkDerivation {
       name = "setuptools-41.4.0";
       src = pkgs.fetchurl {
@@ -885,6 +959,45 @@ let
       };
     };
 
+    "tqdm" = python.mkDerivation {
+      name = "tqdm-4.36.1";
+      src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+        url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/80/b3/6ca4806441b730782fc4613c6aa2070412295c5521f33ae151988e448929/tqdm-4.36.1.tar.gz";
+        sha256 = "abc25d0ce2397d070ef07d8c7e706aede7920da163c64997585d42d3537ece3d";
+};
+      doCheck = commonDoCheck;
+      buildInputs = commonBuildInputs ++ [ ];
+      propagatedBuildInputs = [ ];
+      meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib; {
+        homepage = "https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm";
+        license = licenses.mit;
+        description = "Fast, Extensible Progress Meter";
+      };
+    };
+
+    "twine" = python.mkDerivation {
+      name = "twine-2.0.0";
+      src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+        url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/91/82/32c68749d10ae30dd126699ee471b8885d9a9ae326a0f25dac42bb6a3f28/twine-2.0.0.tar.gz";
+        sha256 = "9fe7091715c7576df166df8ef6654e61bada39571783f2fd415bdcba867c6993";
+};
+      doCheck = commonDoCheck;
+      buildInputs = commonBuildInputs ++ [ ];
+      propagatedBuildInputs = [
+        self."pkginfo"
+        self."readme-renderer"
+        self."requests"
+        self."requests-toolbelt"
+        self."setuptools"
+        self."tqdm"
+      ];
+      meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib; {
+        homepage = "https://twine.readthedocs.io/";
+        license = licenses.asl20;
+        description = "Collection of utilities for publishing packages on PyPI";
+      };
+    };
+
     "typed-ast" = python.mkDerivation {
       name = "typed-ast-1.4.0";
       src = pkgs.fetchurl {
@@ -949,6 +1062,22 @@ let
       };
     };
 
+    "webencodings" = python.mkDerivation {
+      name = "webencodings-0.5.1";
+      src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+        url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/0b/02/ae6ceac1baeda530866a85075641cec12989bd8d31af6d5ab4a3e8c92f47/webencodings-0.5.1.tar.gz";
+        sha256 = "b36a1c245f2d304965eb4e0a82848379241dc04b865afcc4aab16748587e1923";
+};
+      doCheck = commonDoCheck;
+      buildInputs = commonBuildInputs ++ [ ];
+      propagatedBuildInputs = [ ];
+      meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib; {
+        homepage = "https://github.com/SimonSapin/python-webencodings";
+        license = licenses.bsdOriginal;
+        description = "Character encoding aliases for legacy web content";
+      };
+    };
+
     "wheel" = python.mkDerivation {
       name = "wheel-0.33.6";
       src = pkgs.fetchurl {
diff --git a/requirements_frozen.txt b/requirements_frozen.txt
index e4b72dc..aef7a4d 100644
--- a/requirements_frozen.txt
+++ b/requirements_frozen.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ appdirs==1.4.3
 atomicwrites==1.3.0
 attrs==19.3.0
 black==19.3b0
+bleach==3.1.0
 certifi==2019.9.11
 chardet==3.0.4
 Click==7.0
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ nix-prefetch-github==2.3.1
 packaging==19.2
 Parsley==1.3
 pdbpp==0.10.2
+pkginfo==1.5.0.1
 pluggy==0.13.0
 py==1.8.0
 pycodestyle==2.5.0
@@ -38,13 +40,18 @@ pytest==5.2.2
 pytest-cov==2.8.1
 pytest-runner==5.1
 pytoml==0.1.21
+readme-renderer==24.0
 requests==2.22.0
+requests-toolbelt==0.9.1
 setuptools-scm==3.3.3
 six==1.12.0
 toml==0.10.0
+tqdm==4.36.1
+twine==2.0.0
 typed-ast==1.4.0
 typing-extensions==3.7.4
 urllib3==1.25.6
 wcwidth==0.1.7
+webencodings==0.5.1
 wmctrl==0.3
 zipp==0.6.0
diff --git a/scripts/deploy_to_pypi.py b/scripts/deploy_to_pypi.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e324452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/deploy_to_pypi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import argparse
+import os
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+
+from pypi2nix.version import pypi2nix_version
+
+
+def main():
+    set_up_environment()
+    args = parse_args()
+    pypi_name = get_pypi_name_from_args(args)
+    remove_old_build_artifacts()
+    deploy_to(pypi_name)
+
+
+def set_up_environment():
+    os.putenv("SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH", "315532800")
+
+
+def parse_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Deploy pypi2nix to pypi")
+    parser.add_argument("--production", action="store_true", default=False)
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def get_pypi_name_from_args(args):
+    return "pypi" if args.production else "test-pypi"
+
+
+def remove_old_build_artifacts():
+    shutil.rmtree("src/pypi2nix.egg-info", ignore_errors=True)
+
+
+def deploy_to(pypi_name):
+    subprocess.run(["python", "setup.py", "sdist", "bdist_wheel"], check=True)
+    distribution_paths = [
+        f"dist/pypi2nix-{pypi2nix_version}.tar.gz",
+        f"dist/pypi2nix-{pypi2nix_version}-py3-none-any.whl",
+    ]
+    subprocess.run(
+        ["twine", "upload", "-r", pypi_name] + distribution_paths, check=True
+    )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/scripts/install_test.py b/scripts/install_test.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8a2ceb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/install_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import os
+import os.path
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+
+from pypi2nix.version import pypi2nix_version
+
+
+def set_up_environment():
+    os.putenv("SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH", "315532800")
+    os.unsetenv("PYTHONPATH")
+
+
+def create_sdist():
+    shutil.rmtree(os.path.join("src", "pypi2nix.egg-info"), ignore_errors=True)
+    subprocess.run(["build/venv/bin/python", "setup.py", "sdist"], check=True)
+
+
+def create_virtual_env():
+    os.makedirs("build", exist_ok=True)
+    try:
+        shutil.rmtree("build/venv")
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        pass
+    subprocess.run(["python", "-m", "venv", "build/venv"], check=True)
+
+
+def create_wheel():
+    shutil.rmtree(os.path.join("src", "pypi2nix.egg-info"), ignore_errors=True)
+    subprocess.run(["build/venv/bin/pip", "install", "wheel"], check=True)
+    subprocess.run(["build/venv/bin/python", "setup.py", "bdist_wheel"], check=True)
+
+
+def install_sdist():
+    subprocess.run(
+        ["build/venv/bin/pip", "install", f"dist/pypi2nix-{pypi2nix_version}.tar.gz"],
+        check=True,
+    )
+
+
+def install_wheel():
+    subprocess.run(
+        [
+            "build/venv/bin/pip",
+            "install",
+            f"dist/pypi2nix-{pypi2nix_version}-py3-none-any.whl",
+        ],
+        check=True,
+    )
+
+
+def run_help_command():
+    subprocess.run(["build/venv/bin/pypi2nix", "--help"], check=True)
+
+
+def main():
+    set_up_environment()
+    create_virtual_env()
+    create_sdist()
+    install_sdist()
+    run_help_command()
+    create_virtual_env()
+    create_wheel()
+    install_wheel()
+    run_help_command()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/scripts/update_dependencies.py b/scripts/update_dependencies.py
index 10e89c4..99d1b50 100755
--- a/scripts/update_dependencies.py
+++ b/scripts/update_dependencies.py
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@
 
 
 def main():
-    subprocess.run(["nix", "build"], cwd=ROOT, check=True)
     subprocess.run(
         [
-            "result/bin/pypi2nix",
+            "pypi2nix",
             "-r",
             "requirements.txt",
             "-r",