# Virtual Box Install QIIME 2 Core 2017.11 File is 734pb?
**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/virtual-box-install-qiime-2-core-2017-11-file-is-734pb/2279
**Category:** User Support
**Tags:** install, virtualbox
**Created:** [December 19, 2017, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/virtual-box-install-qiime-2-core-2017-11-file-is-734pb/2279 "2017-12-19T18:13:08Z")
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### Author:  [@amourino](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/amourino)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2017, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/virtual-box-install-qiime-2-core-2017-11-file-is-734pb/2279/1 "2017-12-19T18:13:08Z")
I'm using Virtual Box 5.2.2 to use QIIME 2 and I'm having trouble unzipping the core files. Windows computer. When I unzip it says I need 734pb of disc space for the file. The installation documentation indicates that I only need around 15gb of space for the install. [https://data.qiime2.org/distro/core/2017.11](https://data.qiime2.org/distro/core/2017.11) Are the files I downloaded that are incredibly large. I tried the 2017.10 version and I get the same giant file issue. Is there a smaller file?
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### Author:  [@thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/thermokarst)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/virtual-box-install-qiime-2-core-2017-11-file-is-734pb/2279/3 "2017-12-19T19:41:48Z")
Yowzah!!! That is pretty crazy, @amourino! QIIME 2 takes a lot of disk space, but that seems a bit crazy ;).
The VirtualBox files are about 5GB, zipped. How are you downloading these files? Through a browser, or through some CLI tool? What tool are you using to unzip - is it the built-in Windows unarchiver tool? Are you able to compute the md5sum of the downloaded zip file? If so, can you share that here? Thanks! 🦖
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### Author:  [@amourino](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/amourino)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/virtual-box-install-qiime-2-core-2017-11-file-is-734pb/2279/5 "2017-12-19T20:32:42Z")
I downloaded through Mozilla and the zipped file is about 5gb. Using the built-in windows tool gives me the error of not enough disc space for a 734 pb file (I had to look up a petabyte). I am using 7-Zip to extract my files and it has...worked correctly. Thank you for the quick response.
Anthony
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### Author:  [@jairideout](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/jairideout)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/virtual-box-install-qiime-2-core-2017-11-file-is-734pb/2279/7 "2017-12-19T23:19:43Z")
Hi @amourino!
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> I am using 7-Zip to extract my files and it has…worked correctly.
After extracting with 7-Zip, are you able to successfully use the QIIME 2 VirtualBox? If not, can you please provide the md5sum of the .zip file you downloaded?
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### Author:  [@amourino](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/amourino)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/virtual-box-install-qiime-2-core-2017-11-file-is-734pb/2279/9 "2017-12-20T20:53:45Z")
md5sum: 0DB295C1F4CE3AB2B9F7FAF23AECCB92 of the qiime201711-1512067591.zip file.
I haven't been successful with my setup yet. I need to install the VirtualBox extension package and this operation requires administrative approval from my IT department. One person says I can use VirtualBox and another says that I cannot. They are discussing the topic to get me up and running. I can update once my IT issues are resolved.
Anthony
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### Author:  [@amourino](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/amourino)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/virtual-box-install-qiime-2-core-2017-11-file-is-734pb/2279/10 "2017-12-22T18:18:50Z")
Update for QIIME2. I was unable to use VirtualBox due to IT department policies. They were able to successfully install QIIME2 through our computing cluster.
Thanks for the support.
Anthony
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2018, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/virtual-box-install-qiime-2-core-2017-11-file-is-734pb/2279/11 "2018-01-23T00:19:07Z")
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