I cloned the VTK repository to my local machine. I created a build folder inside the cloned directory and ran the CMake file from within the build folder. I then ran make from within that build directory as well.
I received an error when make was running that said
vtkWrapHierarchy: couldn’t open file /Users/<user>/Documents/vtk/build/lib/vtk/hierarchy/VTK/vtkCommonCore-hierarchy.txt
It seems that the file it can not open does not exist and I do not know why. If someone could offer more advice I would very much appreciate it. Also, if you need more information from me to reproduce this problem, please let me know. Thank you.