Older books refer to older version of Hyperion in Kali Linux. The current version (as of February 2020) is 2.2. Use below process to install and compile the zipped file:

Download Hyperion 2.2 from:

https://github.com/nullsecuritynet/tools/raw/master/binary/hyperion/release/Hyperion-2.2.zip Unzip it: unzip Hyperion-2.2.zip Compile it using ming:

i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -ISrc/Payloads/Aes/c Src/Crypter/*.c Src/Payloads/Aes/c/*.c -o hyperion.exe

This is tested on Kali Linux 3, kernel version 5.4.0.