log4j2 java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/logging/log4j/LogManager

Question

I am using log4j 2.3 in my java application. I added the dependency via maven.
When running the program in eclipse everything work fine, but when I package it with maven and

Answer 1

Install the latest version of log4j (I have installed log4j-2.3.jar).

And follow the below steps:

• Right click project -> Build path -> Libraries -> Add External Jars -> Include Log4j, Log4j core and Log4j api jars.

It worked for me