Wampoon Installer

The Wampoon Installer is a desktop application that downloads and configures the Wampoon stack on your machine. For basic installation steps, see the Installation guide.

Package Sources

The installer can fetch component versions from different sources:

Source	Description
Web Manifest (default)	Downloads the latest versions from the remote manifest
Local File	Uses a local packagesInfo.json file for offline or pinned installs
Auto	Tries the web manifest first, falls back to local if unavailable

You can switch between sources using the Package Source dropdown in the installer window.

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Using a Local Manifest

If you need to install specific versions or work offline, you can use a local manifest file.

Setup

1. Open the Data folder next to Wampoon-Installer.exe in the Wampoon installer directory.
2. Edit the packagesInfo.json file with your desired package versions. Update the Version field and replace any outdated or dead download URLs in the DownloadUrl field with working links. See the package IDs table for the download pages where you can find current versions.
3. In the installer, select Local File Only from the Package Source dropdown.

File Format

The manifest is a JSON array of package definitions:

[
  {
    "PackageID": 1,
    "Name": "Apache HTTP Server",
    "Version": "2.4.65.0",
    "DownloadUrl": "https://www.apachelounge.com/download/VS17/binaries/httpd-2.4.65-250724-Win64-VS17.zip",
    "PackageWebsite": "https://www.apachelounge.com/download/",
    "Checksum": ""
  },
  {
    "PackageID": 4,
    "Name": "PHP Runtime",
    "Version": "8.5.1.0",
    "DownloadUrl": "https://downloads.php.net/~windows/releases/archives/php-8.5.1-Win32-vs17-x64.zip",
    "PackageWebsite": "https://windows.php.net/download/",
    "Checksum": ""
  }
]

json

For a complete example, see the remote manifest file.

Package IDs

ID	Component	Download Page
1	Apache HTTP Server	apachelounge.com
2	MariaDB Server	mariadb.org
4	PHP Runtime	windows.php.net
5	phpMyAdmin	phpmyadmin.net
6	Wampoon Dashboard	GitHub Releases
7	Wampoon Control Panel	GitHub Releases
8	Xdebug	xdebug.org
9	Composer	getcomposer.org
10	Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime	Microsoft Docs

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Troubleshooting

”Failed to load packages from web manifest”

• Check your internet connection
• Make sure GitHub is accessible from your network
• Switch to Local File Only as a fallback

”Failed to load packages from local file”

• Verify Data/packagesInfo.json exists next to the installer
• Check the JSON syntax is valid
• Make sure all required fields are present (PackageID, Name, Version, DownloadUrl)

“Manifest URL is not allowed”

The installer only accepts manifest URLs from GitHub domains (raw.githubusercontent.com, github.com, api.github.com) over HTTPS.