How To Install log4cplus on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install log4cplus on Rocky Linux 8. log4cplus is Logging Framework for C++

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install log4cplus on Rocky Linux 8.

What is log4cplus

log4cplus is a simple to use C++ logging API providing thread-safe, flexible, and arbitrarily granular control over log management and configuration. It is modeled after the Java log4j API.

We can use yum or dnf to install log4cplus on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install log4cplus.

Install log4cplus on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install log4cplus using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install log4cplus

Install log4cplus on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install log4cplus using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install log4cplus

How To Uninstall log4cplus on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the log4cplus package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove log4cplus

log4cplus Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/7103278cd1241a4fef53a7cee6ddfe5dc57da7
/usr/lib64/liblog4cplus-1.2.so.5
/usr/lib64/liblog4cplus-1.2.so.5.1.4
/usr/share/doc/log4cplus
/usr/share/doc/log4cplus/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/log4cplus/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/log4cplus/README.md

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install log4cplus on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.