cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12.1) PROJECT(differencer) SET(VTK_DIR /path/to/VTK-8.2.0) find_package(VTK REQUIRED) include(${VTK_USE_FILE}) add_executable(differencer differencer) if(VTK_LIBRARIES) target_link_libraries(differencer ${VTK_LIBRARIES}) else() target_link_libraries(differencer vtkHybrid) endif()