https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/ https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/ I've never used it but if I understand correctly GNU Stow allows you to manage the progra

https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/ https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/ I've never used it but if I understand correctly GNU Stow allows you to manage the programs you build from source. You will obviously install them in different directories than the one's installed using apt-get, either in you home directory or in .../local/. This can be used with whatever distro you like.