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Here is a snapshot of my terminal in Ubuntu

ak@akshay-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install smbfs

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)

E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

ak@akshay-laptop:~$

What does this mean?

Jeff Fabish
2011-12-11 08:33:00
Ak,You're currently performing another administrative task. You must close all other applications which require privilege elevation (such as updates or installations), once the application is closed you can install the program. This problem will also be resolved if you just restart. - Jeff
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2011-12-11 02:47:00
install smbfs mount support with the following command: apt-get install smbfs smbclientMount samba shares with utf8 encoding using cifshttp://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=288534or$ sudo apt-get install samba$ sudo apt-get install smbfs