diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 743fc19..0eabbe6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12.4)
 project(elfio)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 
-add_subdirectory(examples)
+add_subdirectory(examples/anonymizer)
+add_subdirectory(examples/elfdump)
+add_subdirectory(examples/tutorial)
+add_subdirectory(examples/write_obj)
+add_subdirectory(examples/writer)
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index dd2a4b4..a6b065d 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUBDIRS = examples
+SUBDIRS = examples/elfdump examples/tutorial examples/writer examples/write_obj examples/anonymizer
 nobase_include_HEADERS = elfio/elf_types.hpp     elfio/elfio_dynamic.hpp    \
                          elfio/elfio.hpp         elfio/elfio_header.hpp     \
                          elfio/elfio_note.hpp    elfio/elfio_relocation.hpp \
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 3f5a589..7b9f5ac 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ PRE_UNINSTALL = :
 POST_UNINSTALL = :
 subdir = .
 ACLOCAL_M4 = $(top_srcdir)/aclocal.m4
-am__aclocal_m4_deps = $(top_srcdir)/configure.ac
+am__aclocal_m4_deps = $(top_srcdir)/elfio/elfio_version.hpp \
+	$(top_srcdir)/configure.ac
 am__configure_deps = $(am__aclocal_m4_deps) $(CONFIGURE_DEPENDENCIES) \
 	$(ACLOCAL_M4)
 DIST_COMMON = $(srcdir)/Makefile.am $(top_srcdir)/configure \
@@ -313,7 +314,7 @@ target_alias = @target_alias@
 top_build_prefix = @top_build_prefix@
 top_builddir = @top_builddir@
 top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
-SUBDIRS = examples
+SUBDIRS = examples/elfdump examples/tutorial examples/writer examples/write_obj examples/anonymizer
 nobase_include_HEADERS = elfio/elf_types.hpp     elfio/elfio_dynamic.hpp    \
                          elfio/elfio.hpp         elfio/elfio_header.hpp     \
                          elfio/elfio_note.hpp    elfio/elfio_relocation.hpp \
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c31de79..45ea680 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for ELFIO 3.8.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for ELFIOTest 3.8.
 #
 #
 # Copyright (C) 1992-1996, 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -574,10 +574,10 @@ MFLAGS=
 MAKEFLAGS=
 
 # Identity of this package.
-PACKAGE_NAME='ELFIO'
-PACKAGE_TARNAME='elfio'
+PACKAGE_NAME='ELFIOTest'
+PACKAGE_TARNAME='elfiotest'
 PACKAGE_VERSION='3.8'
-PACKAGE_STRING='ELFIO 3.8'
+PACKAGE_STRING='ELFIOTest 3.8'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures ELFIO 3.8 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures ELFIOTest 3.8 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ Fine tuning of the installation directories:
   --infodir=DIR           info documentation [DATAROOTDIR/info]
   --localedir=DIR         locale-dependent data [DATAROOTDIR/locale]
   --mandir=DIR            man documentation [DATAROOTDIR/man]
-  --docdir=DIR            documentation root [DATAROOTDIR/doc/elfio]
+  --docdir=DIR            documentation root [DATAROOTDIR/doc/elfiotest]
   --htmldir=DIR           html documentation [DOCDIR]
   --dvidir=DIR            dvi documentation [DOCDIR]
   --pdfdir=DIR            pdf documentation [DOCDIR]
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of ELFIO 3.8:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of ELFIOTest 3.8:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-ELFIO configure 3.8
+ELFIOTest configure 3.8
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1445,7 +1445,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by ELFIO $as_me 3.8, which was
+It was created by ELFIOTest $as_me 3.8, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -2307,7 +2307,7 @@ fi
 
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
- PACKAGE='elfio'
+ PACKAGE='elfiotest'
  VERSION='3.8'
 
 
@@ -3099,7 +3099,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 
-ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile examples/Makefile examples/elfdump/Makefile examples/tutorial/Makefile examples/writer/Makefile examples/anonymizer/Makefile examples/write_obj/Makefile"
+ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile examples/elfdump/Makefile examples/tutorial/Makefile examples/writer/Makefile examples/anonymizer/Makefile examples/write_obj/Makefile"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
 # This file is a shell script that caches the results of configure
@@ -3667,7 +3667,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by ELFIO $as_me 3.8, which was
+This file was extended by ELFIOTest $as_me 3.8, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -3724,7 +3724,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-ELFIO config.status 3.8
+ELFIOTest config.status 3.8
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
@@ -3844,7 +3844,6 @@ do
   case $ac_config_target in
     "depfiles") CONFIG_COMMANDS="$CONFIG_COMMANDS depfiles" ;;
     "Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES Makefile" ;;
-    "examples/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES examples/Makefile" ;;
     "examples/elfdump/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES examples/elfdump/Makefile" ;;
     "examples/tutorial/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES examples/tutorial/Makefile" ;;
     "examples/writer/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES examples/writer/Makefile" ;;
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ad8b7c3..f780837 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-AC_INIT([ELFIO], [3.8])
+AC_INIT([ELFIOTest],m4_bregexp(m4_quote(m4_include([elfio/elfio_version.hpp])), [[0-9]+\.[0-9]+], [\&]))
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign])
 AC_PROG_CXX
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
            Makefile
-           examples/Makefile
            examples/elfdump/Makefile
            examples/tutorial/Makefile
            examples/writer/Makefile
diff --git a/elfio/elfio.hpp b/elfio/elfio.hpp
index f260ee1..cf93267 100644
--- a/elfio/elfio.hpp
+++ b/elfio/elfio.hpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 #include <iterator>
 
 #include <elfio/elf_types.hpp>
+#include <elfio/elfio_version.hpp>
 #include <elfio/elfio_utils.hpp>
 #include <elfio/elfio_header.hpp>
 #include <elfio/elfio_section.hpp>
diff --git a/elfio/elfio_version.hpp b/elfio/elfio_version.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ab2114
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elfio/elfio_version.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#define ELFIO_VERSION "3.8"
diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f17403..0000000
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-
-
-add_subdirectory(anonymizer)
-add_subdirectory(elfdump)
-add_subdirectory(tutorial)
-add_subdirectory(write_obj)
-add_subdirectory(writer)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/Makefile.am b/examples/Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index 737e029..0000000
--- a/examples/Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-SUBDIRS = elfdump tutorial writer write_obj anonymizer
diff --git a/examples/Makefile.in b/examples/Makefile.in
deleted file mode 100644
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+++ /dev/null
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