# Importing Unite 8.2 version (2020) from a single file

**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/importing-unite-8-2-version-2020-from-a-single-file/16907
**Category:** Other Bioinformatics Tools
**Tags:** feature-classifier, unite
**Created:** [September 24, 2020, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/importing-unite-8-2-version-2020-from-a-single-file/16907 "2020-09-24T08:13:20Z")
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### Author: ![Marisa\_Tello\_Martin](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/marisa_tello_martin/32/5440_2.png) [@Marisa\_Tello\_Martin](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Marisa_Tello_Martin)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2020, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/importing-unite-8-2-version-2020-from-a-single-file/16907/1 "2020-09-24T08:13:20Z")

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Hi Colin,  
I have download the Unite 8.2 version (2020) from these 4 different releases and I get the same problem that Nicholas had. It is just one single file instead the fasta and txt file that is provided in the 8.0 (2019) version. Should I use the 8.0 version with Qiime-2020.8 or is there another way to proceed?  
Thank you in advance!  
Marisa

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### Author: ![colinbrislawn](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/colinbrislawn/32/6221_2.png) [@colinbrislawn](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/colinbrislawn)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/importing-unite-8-2-version-2020-from-a-single-file/16907/2 "2020-10-06T16:12:19Z")

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Hello Marisa,

When I downloaded Unite 8.2 2020-02-20 from [this page](https://doi.org/10.15156/BIO/786385), it initially showed me one file when I opened up the `.gz` file. Is this what you are seeing?

![image](https://forum-qiime2-org.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/2X/0/047568dbb8c95ef78676a386685b2a4653a50e12.png)

According to [this post](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/issue-downloading-unzipping-2020-02-02-fungal-unite-database/14229/3), that archive is actually a `.tar.gz`.

Once I renamed it, I was able to open it up and see the paired `.fasta` and `.txt` files inside.

 ![image](https://forum-qiime2-org.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/2X/4/4521cc0e5dfb03aef5794458b173c0dbc188a272.png)

Try renaming your file so it ends in `.tar.gz` and try extracting it again.

Let me know what you find!  
Colin

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P.S. Do we have any of the Unite devs on the forums? Maybe they can change their file names to avoid confusion.

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### Author: ![Marisa\_Tello\_Martin](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/marisa_tello_martin/32/5440_2.png) [@Marisa\_Tello\_Martin](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Marisa_Tello_Martin)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/importing-unite-8-2-version-2020-from-a-single-file/16907/5 "2020-10-06T20:19:53Z")

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Thank you! It works!!

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### Author: ![system](https://forum-qiime2-org.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/2/1/21af5fe23cb6f4579467c66a9ed94e55274ca7bd.svg) [@system](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/importing-unite-8-2-version-2020-from-a-single-file/16907/6 "2020-11-07T02:19:55Z")

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