Broken package fail to uninstall

[frozenflames]

i am Ubuntu rookie i installed the following package onboard (Simple On-screen Keyboard with macros and easy layout creation) when i try to uninstall it using Synaptic Package manger i get the following error

dpkg: parse error, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 26430:
invalid package name (character `|' not allowed (only letters, digits and characters `-+._'))

:confused:and when i try to configure it get the same error any help :confused:
msi@msi-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a

dpkg: parse error, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 26430:
invalid package name (character `|' not allowed (only letters, digits and characters `-+._'))
using Ubuntu 10.4

[lisati]

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