VTK/Tutorials/CMakeListsFile

To use CMake to generate your project, this is what the CMakeLists.txt file should look like:

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
project(Test)
set(VTK_DIR "PATH/TO/VTK/BUILD/DIRECTORY")
find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
include(${VTK_USE_FILE})
add_executable(Test Test.cxx)
target_link_libraries(Test ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

Explanation

Here is a line by line break down of what is going on:

This will prevent annoying cmake warnings about "you must specifiy a minimum required version".

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)

Name the project.

project(Test)

Tell cmake that this project needs to use VTK.

set(VTK_DIR "/PATH/TO/VTK/BUILD/DIRECTORY")
find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
include(${VTK_USE_FILE})

Tell cmake we want to compile Test.cpp into a binary called Test.

add_executable(Test Test.cxx)

Tell cmake we need to link Test against the VTK libraries.

target_link_libraries(Test ${VTK_LIBRARIES})