Modern-day package managers make it easy to install software; with just a single command, we can install a program and its dependencies from any of our configured repositories. Yet an important value in the Linux community and free software movement is the ability to modify your software as you see fit (perhaps you want to fix a bug or add a new feature). For software written in a compiled language, such as C, this often means modifying the program's source code and compiling the code into an executable binary. This recipe walks you through compiling and installing the GNU Hello program.
This recipe requires a CentOS system with a working network connection. An unprivileged user account capable of escalating its privileges using sudo should also be available.