Is the "acpid" package a dependency for any other applications than power management?

[Shabakthanai]

acpid is a power management application that, I believe, puts a fixed and unwanted widget on the Desktop. I may be wrong, but acpid is the only Power Management package installed on my computer that I can find, and although it looks like a wonderful widget, it is less favorable, in my case, than having the unfettered desk space.

Muon Package Manager indicates that acpid is installed, but also refuses removal. If acpid is not a dependency for other applications, can it's removal be forced? Thanks!

[vinnywright]

vinny@vinnys-HP-G62:~$ apt-cache rdepends acpid
acpid
Reverse Depends:
  nvidia-331-updates
  nvidia-331
  acpid:i386
  distributed-net
  nvidia-331-updates
  nvidia-331
  nvidia-304-updates
  nvidia-304
  nvidia-173
 |laptop-mode-tools
  initramfs-tools-tcos
  cpufreqd
  acpitool
  acpi-support

VINNY

[Shabakthanai]

Thanks Vinny. Doesn't look like it has anything to do with the onscreen image re: battery power. Do you have any idea what kind of package keeps track of battery power, like in your wireless mouse, and is offered by Kubuntu?

vinny@vinnys-HP-G62:~$ apt-cache rdepends acpid
acpid
Reverse Depends:
  nvidia-331-updates
  nvidia-331
  acpid:i386
  distributed-net
  nvidia-331-updates
  nvidia-331
  nvidia-304-updates
  nvidia-304
  nvidia-173
 |laptop-mode-tools
  initramfs-tools-tcos
  cpufreqd
  acpitool
  acpi-support

VINNY