The wget::wget_set() function will change the default
behavior of ‘download.file’. The download method will be changed to
using “wget -c” so that continued downloading will be supported. User
can run wget::wget_unset() to restore previous setting.
All platforms including Linux, MacOS and Windows are supported.
What you need is to run the wget::wget_set() function.
Then download.file(), install.packages() and
BiocManager::install() will all support continue
retrival.