# Spacy n\_core\_web\_md downloaded and linked but still its gives an error model not found

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**Category:** Rasa Open Source\
**Created:** [September 17, 2020, 9:18am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/spacy-n-core-web-md-downloaded-and-linked-but-still-its-gives-an-error-model-not-found/33861 "2020-09-17T09:18:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Meet](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/meet/32/10354_2.png) [@Meet](https://forum.rasa.com/u/Meet)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 9:18am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/spacy-n-core-web-md-downloaded-and-linked-but-still-its-gives-an-error-model-not-found/33861/1 "2020-09-17T09:18:04Z")

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_python3 -m spacy download en\_core\_web\_md_

_python -m spacy link en\_core\_web\_md en_

still you get an error

 ![Screenshot 2020-09-14 at 8.24.37 PM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/rasa/original/2X/5/56f64d3a1dd0d33675e86f375234d5dec3e60627.png)

rasa is searching for the model but it cannot find Download the model outside your virtual environment