diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index 7f0ccb19..bc4d29ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -213,9 +213,19 @@ jobs:
         run: python3.9 -m pip install pyyaml "jsonschema[format-nongpl]==4.25.1"
 
       # markdown: the site validation test renders a wiki line to prove the
-      # heading guard's premise, and skipped on every run without it.
+      # heading guard's premise, and skipped on every run without it. pyte
+      # reads the installer's full screen back in its end-to-end tests,
+      # hypothesis fuzzes its key decoder, and vermin holds install.py to 3.8.
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pip install pyyaml "jsonschema[format-nongpl]==4.26.0" "markdown==3.10.2"
+        run: pip install pyyaml "jsonschema[format-nongpl]==4.26.0" "markdown==3.10.2" "pyte==0.8.2" "hypothesis==6.170.8" "vermin==1.9.2"
+
+      # The full screen also runs under the 3.8 floor: the end-to-end tests
+      # start install.py with the interpreter that runs them.
+      - name: Install the screen tests' dependency for Python 3.8
+        run: python3.8 -m pip install "pyte==0.8.2"
+
+      - name: Hold install.py to Python 3.8
+        run: vermin --no-tips -t=3.8- --violations install.py
 
       # The site is built as deploy-site.yml builds it, from the lockfile.
       - uses: actions/setup-node@949feb2413d6458794dcd2491c4babbbce0c15c1  # v7.1.0
@@ -257,6 +267,12 @@ jobs:
           RETROBIOS_OFFLINE: "1"
         run: python -m unittest discover -s tests -t . -v
 
+      - name: Run the full-screen interface tests on Python 3.8
+        if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
+        env:
+          RETROBIOS_OFFLINE: "1"
+        run: python3.8 -m unittest tests.test_install_tui -v
+
       # deploy-site.yml runs this after the merge, and a dead link or a stray
       # heading failed it there with nothing in front of it. Run whatever the
       # suite returned, so one red step does not hide the other. The release
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3935e6e0..95e70765 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ dependencies = [
 dev = [
     "jsonschema[format-nongpl]>=4.23",
     "markdown>=3.7",
+    # The installer's full-screen tests: pyte reads the screen back,
+    # hypothesis fuzzes the key decoder, vermin holds install.py to 3.8.
+    "pyte>=0.8.2",
+    "hypothesis>=6.100",
+    "vermin>=1.9",
 ]
 # The site is built by Astro Starlight from website/package.json and its
 # lockfile (npm ci --prefix website): no Python package builds it.