Medusa fails to compile on fresh kali install

[TheToddLuci0]

Describe the bug
Installing medusa via bbot fails due to missing openssl headers on a fresh kali install. Manutally installing libssl-dev fixes the issue.

The issue seems to be that the ansible for the module doesn't include the ssl headers. I'd be tempted to open a PR just adding libssl-dev, but that only works on Debian/Ubuntu based distros, most distros seem to distribute it as openssl-devel or similar.

bbot/bbot/modules/medusa.py

Lines 40 to 47 in 5355bd1

	"package": {
	"name": [
	"autoconf",
	"automake",
	"libtool",
	"gcc",
	"make",
	],

BBOT Command
bbot --install-all-deps

OS, BBOT Installation Method + Version

Installed via pipx on a fresh Kali install on AWS ec2.

┌──(root㉿kali)-[~]
└─# bbot --version                              
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 BIGHUGE BLS OSINT TOOL 3.0.0

www.blacklanternsecurity.com/bbot

3.0.0
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
┌──(root㉿kali)-[~]
└─# cat /etc/os-release           
PRETTY_NAME="Kali GNU/Linux Rolling"
NAME="Kali GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="2026.2"
VERSION="2026.2"
VERSION_CODENAME=kali-rolling
ID=kali
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.kali.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://forums.kali.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.kali.org/"
ANSI_COLOR="1;31"

BBOT Config
N/A

Logs/Screenshots

Relevant build errors

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[liquidsec]

hi, thanks for the issue. This has already been fixed in #3282, and will be in the 3.0.1 release, which should be < 1 week out.