[tab]$ gdb
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(gdb) file quasselcore-static
Reading symbols from /home/.kiwi/USERNAME/quassel/quasselcore-static...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
(gdb) run
Starting program: /home/.kiwi/USERNAME/quassel/quasselcore-static

Program terminated with signal SIGKILL, Killed.
The program no longer exists.
You can't do that without a process to debug.
(gdb) quit