[log4perl-devel] Log::Log4perl Recipe of the Week (2)

[Mike S. <msc...@ao...>]

Hi all,

and here's part two of our new weekly series: "Log4perl Recipe of the Week":

    How can I install Log::Log4perl on Microsoft Windows?

Log::Log4perl is fully supported on the Win32 platform. It has been
tested with Activestate perl 5.6.1 under Windows 98 and rumor has it
that it also runs smoothly on all other major flavors (Windows NT, 2000,
XP, etc.).

Typically, Win32 systems don't have the "make" utility installed, so the
standard "perl Makefile.PL; make install" on the downloadable
distribution won't work. But don't despair, there's a very easy
solution!

The "Log::Log4perl" homepage provides a so-called PPD file for
ActiveState's "ppm" installer, which comes with ActiveState perl by
default.

The DOS command line

    ppm install "http://log4perl.sourceforge.net/ppm/Log-Log4perl.ppd"

will contact the Log4perl homepage, download the latest "Log::Log4perl"
distribution and install it. If your ActiveState installation lacks any
of the modules "Log::Log4perl" depends upon, "ppm" will automatically
contact ActivateState and download them from their CPAN-like repository.
That's it! Afterwards, just create a Perl script like

    use Log::Log4perl qw(:easy);
    Log::Log4perl->easy_init($DEBUG);

    my $logger = get_logger("Twix::Bar");
    $logger->debug("Watch me!");

and run it. It should print something like

    2002/11/06 01:22:05 Watch me!

If you find that something doesn't work, please let us know at
log...@li... -- we'll apprechiate it.

That's it for today! As always, this recipe will be added to the FAQ, 
available at

http://log4perl.sourceforge.net/releases/Log-Log4perl/docs/html/Log/Log4perl/FAQ.html

Have fun!

-- 
-- Mike

Mike Schilli
log...@pe...