You've always got the option of separating the file in to multiple smaller ones, which is what I would do personally. ( Just to make management easier. )

That being said, you can give Panucci - http://maemo.org/packages/package_in...cci/0.3-8thp0/ - a try. Although 8 hours might make that stumble too.

And as a warning: Downloading anything from outside of Extras can cause problems for your device, and should only be done if you know what you're doing.