rebuilding debian packages

with customized configure options, step by step. apt-get source xxx cd xxx dpkg-source -x xxx.dsc one can add patches and stuff here modiy xxx/debian/rules, etc. /usr/lib/pbuilder/pbuilder-satisfydepends (install -dev packages) debuild [-us -uc] install the .deb packages more on the topic at this link. even more at this one.