Unable To Lock The Administration Directory (/var/lib/dpkg/)

hello
I have ubuntu server in my windows to use virtual Box. also I have apache in my download directory in windows and its name folder is "apache" .now, when I type "sudo apt-get install" I see error.( E:unable to locate package) please help me.
thanks.

Thanks for any help

sudo apt-get remove dropbox give me this

sudo apt-get remove dropbox
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
cliffm@debian:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up nautilus-dropbox (1.4.0-3) ...

Dropbox is the easiest way to share and store your files online. Want to learn more? Head to http://www.dropbox.com/

Downloading Dropbox... 100

the terminal is not released.
How else can I get a clean uninstall of dropbox?

cliffm@debian:~$ sudo apt-get remove dropbox
[sudo] password for cliffm:
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?
cliffm@debian:~$ top

top - 10:51:47 up 53 min, 3 users, load average: 1.06, 1.21, 1.25
Tasks: 149 total, 2 running, 147 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
%Cpu(s): 46.5 us, 4.2 sy, 0.0 ni, 49.3 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0 st
KiB Mem: 1930056 total, 1431412 used, 498644 free, 41064 buffers
KiB Swap: 3929084 total, 0 used, 3929084 free, 593656 cached

PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
4142 root 20 0 115m 73m 4032 R 100.0 3.9 39:44.15 dropbox
644 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.3 0.0 0:01.02 usb-storage
4076 cliffm 20 0 376m 17m 10m S 0.3 0.9 0:03.69 gnome-terminal
4145 cliffm 20 0 1654m 478m 47m S 0.3 25.4 4:12.97 firefox
4464 cliffm 20 0 23172 1600 1140 R 0.3 0.1 0:00.04 top
1 root 20 0 10648 800 668 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.67 init
2 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kthreadd
3 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.15 ksoftirqd/0
4 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.43 kworker/0:0
6 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.02 migration/0
7 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/0
8 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.04 migration/1
9 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.59 kworker/1:0
10 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.28 ksoftirqd/1
12 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.01 watchdog/1
13 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cpuset
14 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khelper
cliffm@debian:~$ kill 4142
bash: kill: (4142) - Operation not permitted
cliffm@debian:~$ sudo kill 4142
cliffm@debian:~$ top

top - 10:52:53 up 54 min, 3 users, load average: 0.87, 1.13, 1.22
Tasks: 145 total, 1 running, 144 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
%Cpu(s): 1.0 us, 0.3 sy, 0.0 ni, 98.7 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0 st
KiB Mem: 1930056 total, 1356856 used, 573200 free, 41172 buffers
KiB Swap: 3929084 total, 0 used, 3929084 free, 593712 cached

PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
3733 cliffm 20 0 947m 100m 41m S 0.7 5.3 0:39.55 gnome-shell
4076 cliffm 20 0 376m 17m 10m S 0.7 0.9 0:04.02 gnome-terminal
4145 cliffm 20 0 1655m 481m 47m S 0.7 25.5 4:13.72 firefox
4468 cliffm 20 0 23172 1596 1144 R 0.7 0.1 0:00.04 top
644 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.3 0.0 0:01.04 usb-storage
2842 root 20 0 132m 18m 6368 S 0.3 1.0 0:36.38 Xorg
1 root 20 0 10648 800 668 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.67 init
2 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kthreadd
3 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.15 ksoftirqd/0
4 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.44 kworker/0:0
6 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.02 migration/0
7 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/0
8 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.04 migration/1
9 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.59 kworker/1:0
10 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.29 ksoftirqd/1
12 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.01 watchdog/1
13 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cpuset
cliffm@debian:~$

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Code:

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: centos.uhost.hk
 * epel: ftp.cuhk.edu.hk
 * extras: centos.uhost.hk
 * updates: centos.uhost.hk
No package a2enmod available.
Error: Nothing to do