# Downloading MetaPhlAn 4 database **URL:** \ **Category:** MetaPhlAn\ **Created:** [January 31, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.biobakery.org/t/downloading-metaphlan-4-database/4732 "2023-01-31T13:06:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![diecasfranco](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.biobakery.org/diecasfranco/32/1921_2.png) [@diecasfranco](https://forum.biobakery.org/u/diecasfranco)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.biobakery.org/t/downloading-metaphlan-4-database/4732/1 "2023-01-31T13:06:43Z")
MetaPhlAn version 4.0.4 (17 Jan 2023) metaphlan --install After 20%, download process stopped. I tried using screen command, and after two days nothing. Also, I’ve tried using wget directly from the repository without success. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![aitor.blancomiguez](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.biobakery.org/aitor.blancomiguez/32/86_2.png) [@aitor.blancomiguez](https://forum.biobakery.org/u/aitor.blancomiguez)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.biobakery.org/t/downloading-metaphlan-4-database/4732/2 "2023-01-31T13:09:51Z")
Hi @diecasfranco Do you have enough space in your machine for the download? Does the download stop suddenly at 20% or is the download so slow that for reaching 20% it takes days? ---
**Author:** ![diecasfranco](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.biobakery.org/diecasfranco/32/1921_2.png) [@diecasfranco](https://forum.biobakery.org/u/diecasfranco)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.biobakery.org/t/downloading-metaphlan-4-database/4732/3 "2023-01-31T13:24:34Z")
Hi @aitor.blancomiguez I have enough space, look how does it looks Downloading [http://cmprod1.cibio.unitn.it/biobakery4/metaphlan\_databases/bowtie2\_indexes/mpa\_vJan21\_CHOCOPhlAnSGB\_202103\_bt2.tar](http://cmprod1.cibio.unitn.it/biobakery4/metaphlan_databases/bowtie2_indexes/mpa_vJan21_CHOCOPhlAnSGB_202103_bt2.tar) Downloading file of size: 19909.64 MB 7664.99 MB 38.50 % 29.01 MB/sec 7 min 2 sec No activity since a couple of days. Using htop, the process appear “S”, no local error. ---
**Author:** ![aitor.blancomiguez](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.biobakery.org/aitor.blancomiguez/32/86_2.png) [@aitor.blancomiguez](https://forum.biobakery.org/u/aitor.blancomiguez)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 8:45am UTC](https://forum.biobakery.org/t/downloading-metaphlan-4-database/4732/4 "2023-02-01T08:45:48Z")
Hi @diecasfranco Then, I am not sure what is really happening during your download. It does not seem a timeout problem from the cmprod1 server since your download has not been killed. I can only suggest you to try again maybe using a different network ---
**Author:** ![simone.pignotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58f4c7/32.png) [@simone.pignotti](https://forum.biobakery.org/u/simone.pignotti)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.biobakery.org/t/downloading-metaphlan-4-database/4732/5 "2023-03-03T13:58:34Z")
Hi, I had the same issue, I believe it might be due to the server’s firewall rules. I had to run this from a different network to finish downloading: ```sh wget --continue --limit-rate=20M http://cmprod1.cibio.unitn.it/biobakery4/metaphlan_databases/bowtie2_indexes/mpa_vOct22_CHOCOPhlAnSGB_202212_bt2.tar ``` I think `--limit-rate=20M` did the trick (but didn’t work on the same network as I guess I was already blacklisted or something). It caps the download speed at 20MB/s. Hope that helps. ---
**Author:** ![diecasfranco](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.biobakery.org/diecasfranco/32/1921_2.png) [@diecasfranco](https://forum.biobakery.org/u/diecasfranco)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.biobakery.org/t/downloading-metaphlan-4-database/4732/6 "2023-03-03T14:35:53Z")
Hi @simone.pignotti That was the solution, using wget. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Shourish\_Das](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.biobakery.org/shourish_das/32/3658_2.png) [@Shourish\_Das](https://forum.biobakery.org/u/Shourish_Das)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.biobakery.org/t/downloading-metaphlan-4-database/4732/7 "2026-06-11T07:27:38Z")
wget -c --limit-rate=20M [http://cmprod1.cibio.unitn.it/biobakery4/metaphlan\_databases/bowtie2\_indexes/mpa\_vJan25\_CHOCOPhlAnSGB\_202503\_bt2.tar](http://cmprod1.cibio.unitn.it/biobakery4/metaphlan_databases/bowtie2_indexes/mpa_vJan25_CHOCOPhlAnSGB_202503_bt2.tar) –2026-06-11 12:54:46-- [http://cmprod1.cibio.unitn.it/biobakery4/metaphlan\_databases/bowtie2\_indexes/mpa\_vJan25\_CHOCOPhlAnSGB\_202503\_bt2.tar](http://cmprod1.cibio.unitn.it/biobakery4/metaphlan_databases/bowtie2_indexes/mpa_vJan25_CHOCOPhlAnSGB_202503_bt2.tar) Resolving cmprod1.cibio.unitn.it (cmprod1.cibio.unitn.it)… 193.205.194.164 Connecting to cmprod1.cibio.unitn.it (cmprod1.cibio.unitn.it)|193.205.194.164|:80… connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK Length: 35057633280 (33G) [application/x-tar] Saving to: ‘mpa\_vJan25\_CHOCOPhlAnSGB\_202503\_bt2.tar’ mpa\_vJan25\_CHOCOPhlAnSGB\_202503\_bt2.tar 4%[===\>] 1.43G 14.1MB/s in 1m 47s 2026-06-11 12:56:33 (13.7 MB/s) - Read error at byte 1536436309/35057633280 (Connection reset by peer). Retrying. --2026-06-11 12:56:34-- (try: 2) [http://cmprod1.cibio.unitn.it/biobakery4/metaphlan\_databases/bowtie2\_indexes/mpa\_vJan25\_CHOCOPhlAnSGB\_202503\_bt2.tar](http://cmprod1.cibio.unitn.it/biobakery4/metaphlan_databases/bowtie2_indexes/mpa_vJan25_CHOCOPhlAnSGB_202503_bt2.tar) Connecting to cmprod1.cibio.unitn.it (cmprod1.cibio.unitn.it)|193.205.194.164|:80… connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 206 Partial Content Length: 35057633280 (33G), 33521196971 (31G) remaining [application/x-tar] Saving to: ‘mpa\_vJan25\_CHOCOPhlAnSGB\_202503\_bt2.tar’ mpa\_vJan25\_CHOCOPhlAnSGB\_202503\_bt2.tar 4%[++++] 1.43G --.-KB/s in 0s 2026-06-11 12:56:34 (59.2 MB/s) - Read error at byte 1536437396/35057633280 (Connection reset by peer). Retrying. --2026-06-11 12:56:36-- (try: 3) [http://cmprod1.cibio.unitn.it/biobakery4/metaphlan\_databases/bowtie2\_indexes/mpa\_vJan25\_CHOCOPhlAnSGB\_202503\_bt2.tar](http://cmprod1.cibio.unitn.it/biobakery4/metaphlan_databases/bowtie2_indexes/mpa_vJan25_CHOCOPhlAnSGB_202503_bt2.tar) Connecting to cmprod1.cibio.unitn.it (cmprod1.cibio.unitn.it)|193.205.194.164|:80… connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 403 Forbidden 2026-06-11 12:56:37 ERROR 403: Forbidden. i tried it but it did not work