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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?
                If you run cc directly, does it work? If not, you need to make sure that make will use the correct compiler. (Or install one if you haven't)
– Thomas Jager
                Mar 2, 2022 at 21:04
                Thomas, thanks for your comment! I tried to run "cc" but it is not a recognized command. Would you please recommend me any compiler?
– N.Nicko
                Mar 2, 2022 at 21:35
                It's been a bit since I've used MinGW, but I think that depends on how you installed it. If you're using MSYS2, then it'd be something like pacman -S --needed base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain in the shell.
– Thomas Jager
                Mar 2, 2022 at 21:55
MinGW is actually a gcc compiler. So the C compiler is invoked with gcc instead of cc. Try running this command:
make hello CC=gcc
        
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