I am attempting to install Qiime2 2020.8 on my computer using Windows subsystem for Linux. I am following the tutorial and everything seemed fine up through downloading the installation files.
I get the following error: Resolving data.qiime2.org… failed: Temporary failure in name resolution.
wget: unable to resolve host address ‘data.qiime2.org’
When I enter the URL directly into my browser, it does not initiate a download. I thought based on reading on the forum that this could be attributable to a firewall or antivirus conflict, so I disabled my antivirus software temporarily. This did not help, I got the same error.
Can anyone provide a suggestion about what I might be doing wrong? Or a workaround for accessing the file? Thank you.
Interestingly enough, though, it seems as though the issue has resolved itself. I attempted to run the wget tonight, and it went through successfully. I was then able to complete the installation successfully. I’m not sure why this worked, as I tried the same thing yesterday unsuccessfully for two hours!
The name resolution error sounds like DNS issues on your end, which I don’t think we can do anything about. One alternative is to download files via your browser instead. You can do this by copy/pasting the link into your browser, right-clicking the page, and clicking “save as.”
