debian-builder software package provides Rebuild Debian packages from source code, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install debian-builder
debian-builder is installed in your system.
Make ensure the debian-builder package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep debian-builder *
You will get with debian-builder package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Administration Utilities |
| Package | debian-builder |
| Version | 1.8 |
| Description | Rebuild Debian packages from source code |
| Sub Section | admin |