You hit the nail on the head.
Here is the package link:
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/d/dkms/dkms_2.8.1-5ubuntu1_all.deb
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Double-click, stuck on "Pending installation..." again 
Then tried dpkg, here's the output:
zorin@zorin:/media/zorin/KINGSTON$ sudo dpkg -i dkms.deb
Selecting previously unselected package dkms.
(Reading database ... 264702 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack dkms.deb ...
Unpacking dkms (2.8.1-5ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dkms:
dkms depends on gcc | c-compiler; however:
Package gcc is not installed.
Package c-compiler is not installed.
dkms depends on dpkg-dev; however:
Package dpkg-dev is not installed.
dkms depends on make | build-essential; however:
Package make is not installed.
Package build-essential is not installed.dpkg: error processing package dkms (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
dkms
zorin@zorin:/media/zorin/KINGSTON$
So the driver needs one thing (dkms), but then dkms needs 5(?) more things. Is it realistic to expect those five packages to fix the problem or will each new package require yet more packages?
Re USB tethering, the only options on my phone seem to be "on" or "off", I can find no other settings.
Quickly booting other live OSes on the same USB (Ventoy).
- Puppy (Fossapup): no network device detected.
- Hiren's Boot CD PE: no network device detected.
- Gparted Live: no supported network cards found.
Crazy idea: This laptop has Windows 11 with working internet connection. Would it be possible to install Virtualbox (or other similar prog) in Windows, put Zorin Lite in a VM and then connect to the internet and install everything needed in ZL (dkms, driver and all dependencies) for the Wifi to work? And then save it to live USB and use it to install ZL with working wifi directly on the hardware?
EDIT: Or add these things to my installation of ZL on another computer with working internet and then turn that into a live USB (maybe using penguins-eggs or something) that I can then try on the new Lenovo?
EVEN EDIT-IER: Doh! Or maybe unplug live USB from non-connected Lenovo, boot on other device to install driver, dkms etc, save it on USB and then plug it back into the Lenovo?
If you can tether internet using mobile try this solution:
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Thanks but apt or Zorin has some problem with the USB tethered connection ("clearsigned file isn't valid") so it refuses to install anything coming over it.
I think the way to go might be using the live USB on another computer with working internet, install the driver & dependencies, and save it to the live USB with persistence. (I think that's possible, just maybe not with Ventoy.) Then go back to the Lenovo and try again.
But not right now: brain hurting, stomach growling, back aching (twisting between two computers, I do not have the ideal set-up for two laptops at the same time.) So probably tomorrow.
Lenovo is notorious on Linux.
Yep...
In order to get all dependencies, being tethered really is the way to go.
This reminds of my first experience with Zorin Forum (Wi-fi not detected in HP Pavilion ec1019au - #5 by gmk27)
Problem is very similar - realtek wireless and bluetooth (RTL8852BE) and had no ethernet port.
I finally solved my network problem with the help of @Aravisian & @Mr_Magoo.
What I wanted to say is get the USB tethering to work and from there it is easy.
Well the consensus seems to be to get tethering working. But Zorin won't install anything coming over USB tether from my phone.
I tried making a proxy.conf as per this post in the Debian forums but Zorin won't let me save it: "You do not have the permissons necessary to save the file."
Are there other ways to tether? E.g. laptop-to-laptop (both running Zorin Lite)?
I managed to find out how to write and save the proxy.conf (sudo gedit) but now when I try sudo apt update, I get:
E: Syntax error /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/proxy.conf:2: Extra junk at end of file
So using Thunar as root, I delete that file and try again without it... and this time it works! Why, I don't know but apt update works and apt install [driver] is working.
The driver and all dependencies installed! 
But now what? 
Zorin still doesn't see the wireless card. Exploring the Network app, the only thing I spot that might be relevant is Edit Connections > Create a New Connection, but when I choose WiFi, instead of showing available Wifi networks or at least the presence of the wireless card, it just asks me for things I don't know like "SSID", "Cloned MAC address" etc. Same thing if I go through "Advanced Network Configuration".
Searching through the menu and settings, I can't find any way to update the OS's view of the hardware / wireless card, or refresh wifi networks etc.
EDIT: And when I untethered, it went back to "No network devices available".
There was a typo that was "junk at end of file". You replacing that file contents fixed that.
Which driver did you install? Did you modprobe it?
Example: sudo modprobe r8821
I installed rtl8821ce-dkms
Here's the terminal output:
Summary
root@zorin:~# sudo apt install rtl8821ce-dkms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
binutils binutils-common binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu build-essential dkms
dpkg-dev fakeroot g++ g++-9 gcc gcc-9 libalgorithm-diff-perl
libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl libalgorithm-merge-perl libasan5 libbinutils
libc-dev-bin libc6-dev libcc1-0 libcrypt-dev libctf-nobfd0 libctf0
libfakeroot libgcc-9-dev libitm1 liblsan0 libstdc++-9-dev libtsan0 libubsan1
linux-libc-dev make manpages-dev
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binutils-doc menu debian-keyring g++-multilib g++-9-multilib gcc-9-doc
gcc-multilib autoconf automake libtool flex bison gdb gcc-doc gcc-9-multilib
gcc-9-locales glibc-doc libstdc++-9-doc make-doc
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binutils binutils-common binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu build-essential dkms
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libfakeroot libgcc-9-dev libitm1 liblsan0 libstdc++-9-dev libtsan0 libubsan1
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Loading new rtl8821ce-5.5.2.1 DKMS files...
Building for 5.15.0-56-generic
Building initial module for 5.15.0-56-generic
Done.
rtl8821ce.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
- Original module
- No original module exists within this kernel
- Installation
- Installing to /lib/modules/5.15.0-56-generic/updates/
/etc/modprobe.d/dkms.conf: added 'blacklist rtw88_8821ce'
depmod....
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root@zorin:~#
Also, when I try to close that terminal, even the next day, it says:
Warning
There is still a process running. Closing the window will kill it.
And when I modprobe... FATAL! 
root@zorin:~# modprobe r8821
modprobe: FATAL: Module r8821 not found in directory /lib/modules/5.15.0-56-generic
root@zorin:~# modprobe r8821ce-dkms
modprobe: FATAL: Module r8821ce-dkms not found in directory /lib/modules/5.15.0-56-generic
root@zorin:~#
Try:
sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe r8821
FATAL
root@zorin:~# sudo depmod -a
root@zorin:~# sudo modprobe r8821
modprobe: FATAL: Module r8821 not found in directory /lib/modules/5.15.0-56-generic
root@zorin:~# sudo modprobe r8821ce-dkms
modprobe: FATAL: Module r8821ce-dkms not found in directory /lib/modules/5.15.0-56-generic
root@zorin:~#
Maybe check, using your file manager, this location
- Installation
- Installing to /lib/modules/5.15.0-56-generic/updates/
versus this location
- not found in directory /lib/modules/5.15.0-56-generic
/lib/modules/5.15.0-56-generic/updates/ contains just one thing:
- rtl8821ce.ko
/lib/modules/5.15.0-56-generic contains 5 folders (build, initrd, kernel, updates, vdso) and 13 files all starting "module...".
What if you copy rtl8821ce.ko from the updates folder into the /lib/modules/5.15.0-56-generic folder, then modprobe it...
After using Thunar as root to copy the file to other folder:
zorin@zorin:~$ sudo -i
root@zorin:~# thunar
root@zorin:~# modprobe r8821
modprobe: FATAL: Module r8821 not found in directory /lib/modules/5.15.0-56-generic
root@zorin:~# modprobe rtl8821ce
root@zorin:~#
So at least modprobe rtl8821ce doesn't give a fatal error, just... nothing? Looking at the Network icon, still no Wifi.
Can you run
lshw -C network
again?
root@zorin:~# lshw -C network
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: ioport:1000(size=256) memory:a1100000-a11fffff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 3
bus info: usb@1:8
logical name: usb0
serial: d6:bd:6e:ad:df:a8
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: autonegotiation=off broadcast=yes driver=rndis_host driverversion=5.15.0-56-generic duplex=half firmware=RNDIS device ip=192.168.42.88 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair
root@zorin:~#
Let's
modprobe -r rtl8821ce
sudo apt remove --purge rtl8821ce-dkms
Our Big Issue here is that it is not even identifying the device.
What is the Year Make and Model of the computer?
Summary
root@zorin:~# modprobe -r rtl8821ce
root@zorin:~# sudo apt remove --purge rtl8821ce-dkms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
dkms
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
rtl8821ce-dkms*
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Removing rtl8821ce-dkms (5.5.2.1-0ubuntu4~20.04.5) ...
-------- Uninstall Beginning --------
Module: rtl8821ce
Version: 5.5.2.1
Kernel: 5.15.0-56-generic (x86_64)
-------------------------------------
Status: Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel.
rtl8821ce.ko:
- Uninstallation
- Deleting from: /lib/modules/5.15.0-56-generic/updates/
- Original module
- No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
- Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.
/etc/modprobe.d/dkms.conf: removed 'blacklist rtw88_8821ce'
depmod...
DKMS: uninstall completed.
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Deleting module version: 5.5.2.1
completely from the DKMS tree.
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Done.
root@zorin:~#
Make: Lenovo
Model: Ideapad 1, 15IGL
Year: 2023