# Kneaddata\_database hangs halfway through download

**URL:** <https://forum.biobakery.org/t/kneaddata-database-hangs-halfway-through-download/5785>\
**Category:** KneadData\
**Created:** [August 18, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.biobakery.org/t/kneaddata-database-hangs-halfway-through-download/5785 "2023-08-18T17:04:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![svancuren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@svancuren](https://forum.biobakery.org/u/svancuren)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.biobakery.org/t/kneaddata-database-hangs-halfway-through-download/5785/2 "2023-08-21T15:22:04Z")

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For anyone having the same issue, I have found a workaround by installing the file with aria2 ([https://aria2.github.io/](https://aria2.github.io/)). The command would just be:

aria2c -x 16 -s 16 [http://huttenhower.sph.harvard.edu/kneadData\_databases/Homo\_sapiens\_hg37\_and\_human\_contamination\_Bowtie2\_v0.1.tar.gz](http://huttenhower.sph.harvard.edu/kneadData_databases/Homo_sapiens_hg37_and_human_contamination_Bowtie2_v0.1.tar.gz)

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