How to fix mount: unknown filesystem type 'smbfs'

Problem:

When you’re trying to mount a Windows network share using a command like

sudo mount -t smbfs //Asus/store_n_go /mnt/

you see this error message:

mount: unknown filesystem type 'smbfs'

Solution

First ensure samba is installed

sudo apt install samba

then try again using cifs as filesystem type instead of smbfs:

sudo mount -t cifs //Asus/store_n_go /mnt/