ecto_pcl is another collection of ecto modules and tools that make ones life much more rosey when developing perception based ecto graphs.
cmake
git
python
boost
pcl 1.0 (non ros version, standalone)
http://www.pointclouds.org/downloads/linux.html
Quoted here for convenience:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:v-launchpad-jochen-sprickerhof-de/pcl sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libpcl-dev
If you are using eclipse, you may use the style file available here:
https://github.com/plasmodic/ecto/raw/master/misc/ecto.style.xml