As noted in the documentation of cpan, you indeed can initialized it in two ways:
Either via Perl commands or via a log4j-style configuration file.

Since this is the easiest way (and i consider it more maintainable / readable), i'd use the log4j style config file:
#log.conf:
log4perl.rootLogger=ERROR, LOGFILE

log4perl.appender.LOGFILE=Log::Log4perl::Appender::File
log4perl.appender.LOGFILE.filename=/var/log/myerrs.log

log4perl.appender.LOGFILE.mode=append
    
log4perl.appender.LOGFILE.layout=PatternLayout
log4perl.appender.LOGFILE.layout.ConversionPattern=[%r] %F %L %c - %m%
+n

# in your perl-script:
use Log::Log4perl;
Log::Log4perl->init("log.conf");

# Anywhere you log:
package blah;
use  Log::Log4perl;

sub new() {
   ...
   $self->{debug} = $debug;
   ...
}

sub method {
    my $self=shift;
    my($param) = @_;

    my $log = Log::Log4perl->get_logger("blah");

    $log->debug("Debug ...") if $self->{debug};
    $log->info("Info ...") if $ $self->{debug};
    $log->error("Error ...") if $self->{debug};

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All examples ar shamelesly taken from the Log::Log4perl docs.

"We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise." - Larry Wall.

In reply to Re: Best Practice for Integrating log4perl by jbrugger
in thread Best Practice for Integrating log4perl by jthalhammer

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