Where is the "Add / Remove Software" application gone in Fedora 20?

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In Fedora 20 and newer, the default software installer application is now gnome-software. It is ideal for installing applications and the applications are much easier to browse and install. It looks like this:

However, gnome-software only targets "Applications" (this means anything that shows up in the menus.) So if you want a GUI for installing all types of packages in the Fedora Repos, you can install the old "Add / Remove Software" tool back by installing gnome-packagekit-installer with the command:

sudo yum install gnome-packagekit-installer

Once installed this should show up in the menus as the menu item "Packages" rather than the old name of "Add / Remove Software".

Note also that yumex is another GUI application in the Fedora Repos for managing packages. It has a wider feature set than gnome-packagekit-installer, and also allows you to create and modify your repository definitions as well. To install yumex, use the command:

sudo yum install yumex

Yumex screenshot

Add it back using alacarte, run yum insatll alacarte

GNOME 3.10 includes a new software called Software(https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Apps/Software) for installing new softwares, so the original one (gnome-packagekit) may cease to exist out-of-the-box.

I've been in the same shoes by upgrading from fc 19 to fc 20. To add the new Gnome 3.10's package manager just type in: sudo yum install gnome-software

I am sure, this will ease your pain.

Hi, I don't have an answer for you at this moment. I have passed this along to my colleagues in fedora-qa. I will look into it with others and find out what we can do.

As I am sure you are aware F20 is in Alpha so not everything is going to be working right.