'make file_name - returns: CreateProcess(NULL, cc hello.c -o hello, ...) failed. make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified. ERROR

I am new to c language and I am trying to compile my first program, following a tutorial.

My file hello.c :

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
  printf("hello, world\n");
}

I use "make hello" command to compile it but I get the error:

cc     hello.c   -o hello
process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, cc hello.c -o hello, ...) failed.
make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified.
<builtin>: recipe for target 'hello' failed
make: *** [hello] Error 2

I have MinGW installed and I have it in my environment variables PATH. I am trying it on Windows 8.

Please any help I would very appreciate. Maybe there is another way to compile a c files?



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