The deb files linked above are the current latest as available at the moment of writing this post (Dt: 15.02.2026). If anyone is reading this and trying to follow the steps much later in the future, then I suggest visiting this site and manually look for xapp-sysmbolic-icons, python3-xapp & mintreport and download them from there.
Download the above three and install using dpkg in terminal:
cd ~/Downloads
sudo dpkg -i xapp-symbolic-icons_1.0.9_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i python3-xapp_3.0.2_all.deb
Install System Information (mintreport)
sudo dpkg -i mintreport_1.6.1_all.deb
The above might still stay unconfigured, so run the following to get anything else if missing:
sudo apt --fix-broken install
If you don't see any errors then now it should be installed. But don’t just run away and launch it because it won’t
Thank you, it worked. Maybe you want to add that you have to go to Downloads
('cd Downloads' or open terminal here) before you enter the sudo dpkg -i... command.
The links to the .deb files didn't work on my system, I had to remove the filename in the URL and search manually for the package, then it worked.
I got some problems with the taskbar (launchers didn't open), but I'm not sure if it is related to the installation, and I'm in live session and have not updated my packages).
The value of the drive capacity is a bit different from the Zorin system information. All drives are added here (USB boot stick plus SSD)
Edit: After I closed the both windows Zorin taskbar disappeared...strange...I'd be careful to install it on my real system. But I have installed some other third party gnome extensions, maybe there are conflicts now.
I have great respect for you for figuring all that out! It really took a lot of steps!
There is still few things needed to be modified I guess in order to get the correct drive size and Gnome version.
About the taskbar crash, I think that is related to mintreport-tray that comes along with this. Since we're inside gnome environment, it is not needed and probably safe to remove/disable. However I have installed in my real system and no crash of any kind so far. The mintreport ones will launch and not the tray ones. mintreport-tray ones can be removed.
Also the links I attached for the deb files are working fine on my side, clicking on them directly downloads the deb files.
I will update my post tomorrow with the suggestion you made and share the way to disable mintreport-tray.
This is a bit strange, I don't know why its showing different Disk size in your case. I checked on my side, this is showing correctly in System Settings and System Information (mintreport). Cross checked with Resources and it also shows the same for me.
And from Task Manager check if mintreport-tray is already running, kill it from there and check if this fixes the crash or not.
After the installation you may find two entries for System Information, one is mintreport and other is mintreport-tray. The tray ones don't launch, so we need only mintreport ones which works after the launch fix is applied. The above 3 commands will get rid of mintreport-tray. Then remove the currently added launcher from the taskbar and again add it from the menu, check if this time it launches or not.
Hello littlekun, unfortunately, I can't test that right now because I already ended the live session. Thanks anyway! I wasn't specifically referring to the mintreport launcher that wouldn't open (I hadn't pinned it to the taskbar), but rather all the other launchers of the taskbar (Nautilus, Terminal, etc.) suddenly stopped working.
If I try out the admin tool soon when the instructions are published, I'll give it another go.
I had this; this is because of a missing Package called aptkit but this is available in the Repo's and You can install it and it works - at leat in my Case. You could add this to the Install List under ''Requirements''.
About the System Administrator tool of Mint - It seems to have no conflicts and issues after manually installing under Zorin. Works right away after the installation.
Those toggle buttons are like alien under Zorin, and can't be customisable to match Zorin's look and feel.
System Administrator(mintsysadm) uses its own separate grub config under /etc/default/grub.d/98_mintsysadm.cfg
This could conflict for the users who have already made configuration inside /etc/default/grub.
Currently it only offers limited grub modification - Boot menu and Boot parameters. If these are the only two requirements by the end users, then you have no issues at all. But for other grub configuration you have to do it in the traditional ways.
