> There might be a tool in Debian where I can seamlessly say "do not download this package from the repository, but build it locally" apt-get --build source pa

> There might be a tool in Debian where I can seamlessly say "do not download this package from the repository, but build it locally" apt-get --build source package_name It's unlikely to be fully repeatable to the point of producing an identical binary, but it's also not some esoteric set of procedures.