Requirements:
A valid gcc toolchain and the source code can be obtained from log4cplus at sourceforge.
Unpack the source code and just follow the instruction from the install.txt. Make sure you have the necessary permission (sudo).
- Start the terminal and navigate to the location where the source code was unpacked.
Configure the package for your system.
sudo ./configure - Compile the package.
make - Install with the necessary privileges the package.
sudo make install - Refresh the library cache.
sudo ldconfig
The default library and header location for version 1.0.4 are /usr/local/lib and /usr/local/include. Make sure the liblog4cplus.a, liblog4cplus.so libraries and headers exists.
QT Creator integration:
Create a new console application and open the created project file.
#------------------------------------------------- # # Project created by QtCreator 2012-01-08T07:03:26 # #------------------------------------------------- QT += core QT -= gui TARGET = Log4CplusClient CONFIG += console CONFIG -= app_bundle TEMPLATE = app SOURCES += main.cpp
Add the log4cplus library and header by adding the following two lines to the project file:
TEMPLATE = app LIBS += -L/usr/local/lib/log4cplus -llog4cplus INCLUDEPATH += -L/usr/local/include/log4cplus SOURCES += main.cpp
And try to compile it without any errors.
Create a simple property file (e.g. named log.properties) for the application and place this file into the output folder where your application gets compiled to (e.g. *-build-desktop).
Make sure you have the privileges to create a file in the location defined by the property file.
log4cplus.rootLogger=INFO, STDOUT, FILEAPPENDER
#log4cplus.logger.main=INFO
#log4cplus.logger.utils=FILEAPPENDER
log4cplus.appender.STDOUT=log4cplus::ConsoleAppender
log4cplus.appender.STDOUT.layout=log4cplus::PatternLayout
log4cplus.appender.STDOUT.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S} [%t] %-5p %c{2} %%%x%% - %m [%l]%n
log4cplus.appender.FILEAPPENDER=log4cplus::RollingFileAppender
log4cplus.appender.FILEAPPENDER.File=/tmp/consoleapplication.log
log4cplus.appender.FILEAPPENDER.MaxFileSize=5MB
#log4cplus.appender.FILEAPPENDER.MaxFileSize=500KB
log4cplus.appender.FILEAPPENDER.MaxBackupIndex=1
log4cplus.appender.FILEAPPENDER.layout=log4cplus::TTCCLayout
In QT creator modify the main.cpp to the following.
#include <log4cplus/configurator.h>
#include <log4cplus/logger.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
// Use the log4cplus namespace
using namespace log4cplus;
// Load the properties
PropertyConfigurator::doConfigure("log.properties");
// Create the logger
const Logger logger = Logger::getInstance("main");
// Log with INFO level
if (logger.isEnabledFor(INFO_LOG_LEVEL))
{
LOG4CPLUS_INFO(logger, "Application startup");
}
// Log with INFO level
if (logger.isEnabledFor(INFO_LOG_LEVEL))
{
LOG4CPLUS_INFO(logger, "Application shutdown");
}
}
Make sure you have set the build target to DEBUG not RELEASE. When using the RELEASE mode the compiler should complain about the missing pthread references.
Compile and run the application. If you did not refresh the library cache after installing the log4cplus package the compiler should complain about the liblog4cplus.so.4 library. If the property file cannot be found, the logger will complain about not having any appenders.
log4cplus:ERROR No appenders could be found for logger (main). log4cplus:ERROR Please initialize the log4cplus system properly.
The following output should be generated on the console.
01/08/12 06:50:05 [3079005904] INFO main %% - Application startup [../Log4CplusClient/main.cpp:18] 01/08/12 06:50:05 [3079005904] INFO main %% - Application shutdown [../Log4CplusClient/main.cpp:24]
The consoleapplication.log looks like.
2090 [3592] INFO main <> - Application startup 2106 [3592] INFO main <> - Application shutdown
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