How to use vtk in Cutsom C++ Project using CLion/CMake and Win10

Question

somehow I can’t get vtk to properly run in my project. I have downloaded, build and installed vtk-9.3 on my local machine. I can also find the VTK Packages and it’s modules, as well as reference the Header-Files. For the Unit-Tests I’m using Googletest. When calling my Unit-Tests some Linker-Errors occure Also when i try to execute the .exe file I receive some missing dll errors (vtksys-9.3.dll etc.)

Implementation:

set(VTK_DIR "${CPP_LIBS_DIR}/vtk")
set(VTK_LIBRARIES "${VTK_DIR}/lib")
include_directories("${VTK_LIBRARIES}/vtk/lib")
...
find_package(VTK
        COMPONENTS REQUIRED
        CommonCore
        ImagingCore
        RenderingCore
        RenderingVolume
        RenderingOpenGL2
        RenderingVolumeOpenGL2
        IOLegacy
        FiltersCore
        vtksys)
...

target_link_libraries(aws_3d_nesting PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
vtk_module_autoinit(
        TARGETS aws_3d_nesting
        MODULES VTK::CommonCore VTK::ImagingCore VTK::RenderingCore VTK::RenderingVolume VTK::RenderingOpenGL2 VTK::RenderingVolumeOpenGL2 VTK::IOLegacy VTK::FiltersCore VTK::vtksys
)

Only when calling my Unit-Tests some Linker-Errors occure:

UnitTests.cpp.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: __cdecl vtkDebugLeaksManager::vtkDebugLeaksManager(void)" (__imp_??0vtkDebugLeaksManager@@QEAA@XZ) referenced in function "void __cdecl `dynamic initializer for 'vtkDebugLeaksManagerInstance''(void)" (??__EvtkDebugLeaksManagerInstance@@YAXXZ)".

UnitTests.cpp.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: __cdecl vtkDebugLeaksManager::~vtkDebugLeaksManager(void)" (__imp_??1vtkDebugLeaksManager@@QEAA@XZ) referenced in function "void __cdecl `dynamic atexit destructor for 'vtkDebugLeaksManagerInstance''(void)" (??__FvtkDebugLeaksManagerInstance@@YAXXZ)".

UnitTests.cpp.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: __cdecl vtkObjectFactoryRegistryCleanup::vtkObjectFactoryRegistryCleanup(void)" (__imp_??0vtkObjectFactoryRegistryCleanup@@QEAA@XZ) referenced in function "void __cdecl `dynamic initializer for 'vtkObjectFactoryRegistryCleanupInstance''(void)" (??__EvtkObjectFactoryRegistryCleanupInstance@@YAXXZ)".

UnitTests.cpp.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: __cdecl vtkObjectFactoryRegistryCleanup::~vtkObjectFactoryRegistryCleanup(void)" (__imp_??1vtkObjectFactoryRegistryCleanup@@QEAA@XZ) referenced in function "void __cdecl `dynamic atexit destructor for 'vtkObjectFactoryRegistryCleanupInstance''(void)" (??__FvtkObjectFactoryRegistryCleanupInstance@@YAXXZ)".

unitTest.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 4 unresolved externals

In my solution build folder there are also no DLL’s present. I can’t find the issue that is causing this problems. Has anybody an idea what might be the root of this?

Thanks in advance and best regards!