diff -up src/sage/databases/cremona.py.orig src/sage/databases/cremona.py
--- src/sage/databases/cremona.py.orig	2021-08-22 02:44:33.000000000 -0600
+++ src/sage/databases/cremona.py	2021-08-26 13:33:03.200366675 -0600
@@ -885,7 +885,8 @@ class MiniCremonaDatabase(SQLDatabase):
                 message = "There is no elliptic curve with label " \
                     + label + " in the default database; try installing " \
                     + "the optional package database_cremona_ellcurve which " \
-                    + "contains the complete Cremona database"
+                    + "contains the complete Cremona database: " \
+                    + "sudo dnf install sagemath-data-elliptic_curves_large"
             raise ValueError(message)
         ainvs = eval(c[0])
         data = {'cremona_label': label,
@@ -1670,6 +1671,7 @@ class LargeCremonaDatabase(MiniCremonaDa
             con.executemany("UPDATE t_curve SET gens=? WHERE curve=?",
                 curve_data)
             print("Committing...")
+            self.commit()
             if largest_conductor and int(v[0]) > largest_conductor:
                 break