volume applet requires avant-window-manager to run but does not depend on it

I installed the awn volume applet and AFAICT there is no way to run it other then load it into avant yet avant was not installed with it.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: awn-applet-volume-control 0.4.1~bzr1507-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-1.2-generic 3.0.0-rc3
Uname: Linux 3.0-1-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Jun 18 15:16:47 2011
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: awn-extras
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)