How To Install log4cxx on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install log4cxx on Rocky Linux 8. log4cxx is A port to C++ of the Log4j project

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install log4cxx on Rocky Linux 8.

What is log4cxx

Log4cxx is a popular logging package written in C++. One of its distinctive features is the notion of inheritance in loggers. Using a logger hierarchy it is possible to control which log statements are output at arbitrary granularity. This helps reduce the volume of logged output and minimize the cost of logging.

We can use yum or dnf to install log4cxx on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install log4cxx.

Install log4cxx 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 log4cxx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install log4cxx

Install log4cxx 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 log4cxx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install log4cxx

How To Uninstall log4cxx on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the log4cxx package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove log4cxx

log4cxx Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/67916a4bbdbdf865689495451b299c81452ed2
/usr/lib64/liblog4cxx.so.10
/usr/lib64/liblog4cxx.so.10.0.0
/usr/share/doc/log4cxx
/usr/share/doc/log4cxx/KEYS
/usr/share/doc/log4cxx/NOTICE
/usr/share/licenses/log4cxx
/usr/share/licenses/log4cxx/LICENSE

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install log4cxx on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.