The title really says it all. I need to install JACK alongside Carla to precisely, granularly, and transparently manipulate the audio on my Linux system (I work as a professional music producer). Therefore, I need as much control as possible over my PC's overall audio, beyond just specific applications.
Furthermore, a mandatory requirement is that the installation must be done natively at the system level (not within isolated containers or wrappers), ensuring it integrates directly and is fully configurable by my specific user account. Consequently, I strongly prefer using apt, apt-get, aptitude, or .deb packages.
Did you try these instructions? I'm not sure if this will be the complete set up that you're after, with Pipewire and all, but I would use this at least as a starting point.
PD: Anyway, is there anyone you know that you could refer me to who is more knowledgeable in the audio space on Debian, Ubuntu, and of course Zorin OS, primarily within PipeWire and WirePlumber?
I can highly recommend PCLOS Debian KDE. No systemd, no pulse audio but Pipewire. Obviously uses .deb packages. Has Discover but mainly uses Synaptic Package Manager so will be apt. I also added all ALSA packages except JACK and OSS. I also installed qasMixer plus other two qas packages. Because I have a logitech surround sound dystem I had to install Audacious and change its settings to ALSA so that each speaker gets sound and not just front speaker.
It comes with a browser installer which you choose after installation. There is also a LibreOffice installer, just choose the top option from the installer.
Unfortunately, I'm not familiar enough with this topic, although I seem to remember there were some users in here who had a similar setup, or were trying to achieve that. Try searching around, see what comes up.
You could try other communities with broader scope such as linuxquestions.org.
Following on from zenzen's post.
Try a websearch using searchterm like: "How can I install JACK and Carla under PipeWire with WirePlumber on Ubuntu 22.04" as Z17.3 is based on Ubuntu 22.04. That should open your question to a wider audience.