nobody@toshiba128:~$ pgrep -a expressvpn && echo 'It is running' || echo 'Not running'
Not running

nobody@toshiba128:~$ /usr/sbin/expressvpnd
<crickets>

nobody@toshiba128:~$ expressvpn status
Cannot connect to expressvpnd daemon.

It seems that the expressvpn daemon is not running. Please run "sudo service expressvpn restart" to start it.

If the problem persists, please contact us.

nobody@toshiba128:~$ pgrep -a expressvpn && echo 'It's running' || echo 'Not running'
> 

nobody@toshiba128:~$ ar x Downloads/expressvpn_3.4.0.62-1_amd64.deb
nobody@toshiba128:~$ tar xf data.tar*
nobody@toshiba128:~$ cat etc/init.d/expressvpn
cat: etc/init.d/expressvpn: No such file or directory
nobody@toshiba128:~$ ls
control.tar.gz	Desktop    etc		Pictures   usde
data.tar.gz	Documents  _gpgbuilder	Public	   usr
debian-binary	Downloads  Music	Templates  Videos
nobody@toshiba128:~$

nobody@toshiba128:~$ cat  /etc/init.d/expressvpn
#! /usr/bin/env bash

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          expressvpn
# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $network
# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $network
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start expressvpn at boot time
### END INIT INFO

# Do NOT "set -e"

PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
DESC="ExpressVPN service"
NAME=expressvpnd
DAEMON=/usr/sbin/$NAME
DAEMON_ARGS="--client-version 3.4.0 --client-build 62"
PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/expressvpn

# Exit if the package is not installed
[ -x "$DAEMON" ] || exit 5

# Read configuration variable file if it is present
[ -r /etc/default/$NAME ] && . /etc/default/$NAME

STDOUT=${STDOUT:-"/dev/null"}
STDERR=${STDERR:-"/dev/null"}

# Load the VERBOSE setting and other rcS variables
[ -f /lib/init/vars.sh ] && . /lib/init/vars.sh

# To be replaced by LSB functions.
function log_daemon_msg() {
    echo -n "$@"
}

# To be replaced by LSB functions.
function log_end_msg() {
    retval=$1
    if [ "$retval" -eq 0 ]; then
        echo " [ OK ]"
    else
        echo " [ FAILED ]"
    fi
    return "$retval"
}

# Define LSB log_* functions.
# Depend on lsb-base (>= 3.2-14) to ensure that this file is present
# and status_of_proc is working.
[ -f /lib/lsb/init-functions ] && . /lib/lsb/init-functions

function pidofproc() {
    if [ $# -ne 3 ]; then
        echo "Expected three arguments, e.g. $0 -p pidfile daemon-name"
    fi

    local PID PIDFILE
    PID=$(pgrep -f "$3")
    PIDFILE=$(cat "$2")

    if [ "x$PIDFILE" == "x" ]; then
        return 1
    fi

    if [ "x$PID" != "x" ] && [ "$PIDFILE" == "$PID" ]; then
        return 0
    fi

    return 1
}

function killproc() {
    if [ $# -ne 3 ]; then
        echo "Expected three arguments, e.g. $0 -p pidfile signal"
    fi

    local PID
    PID=$(cat "$2")

    /bin/kill -s "$3" "$PID"
    while true; do
        if pidof "$(basename "$DAEMON")" >/dev/null; then
            return 0
        fi

        sleep 1
        n=$(( "$n" + 1 ))
        if [ "$n" -eq 30 ]; then
            /bin/kill -s SIGKILL "$PID"
            return 0
        fi
    done
}

#
# Function that starts the daemon/service
#
do_start()
{
    # Return
    #   0 if daemon has been started
    #   1 if daemon was already running
    #   2 if daemon could not be started
    if command -v start-stop-daemon > /dev/null 2>&1; then
        nohup start-stop-daemon --start --quiet -m --pidfile "$PIDFILE" --exec "$DAEMON" -- "$DAEMON_ARGS" >>"$STDOUT" 2>>"$STDERR" &
    else
        su -s /bin/sh -c "nohup $DAEMON -pidfile $PIDFILE $DAEMON_ARGS >>$STDOUT 2>>$STDERR &"
    fi

    # Add code here, if necessary, that waits for the process to be ready
    # to handle requests from services started subsequently which depend
    # on this one.  As a last resort, sleep for some time.
    sleep 1

    if /usr/bin/expressvpn status > /dev/null 2>&1; then
        return 0
    else
        return 2
    fi
}

#
# Function that stops the daemon/service
#
do_stop()
{
    # Return
    #   0 if daemon has been stopped
    #   1 if daemon was already stopped
    #   2 if daemon could not be stopped
    #   other if a failure occurred
    if command -v start-stop-daemon > /dev/null 2>&1; then
        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 --pidfile "$PIDFILE" --name "$NAME"
           
        RETVAL="$?"
        [ "$RETVAL" = 2 ] && return 2
        # Wait for children to finish too if this is a daemon that forks
        # and if the daemon is only ever run from this initscript.
        # If the above conditions are not satisfied then add some other code
        # that waits for the process to drop all resources that could be
        # needed by services started subsequently.  A last resort is to
        # sleep for some time.
        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --retry=0/30/KILL/5 --exec $DAEMON
        [ "$?" = 2 ] && return 2
        # Many daemons don't delete their pidfiles when they exit.
        rm -f "$PIDFILE"
        return "$RETVAL"
    else
        # Stop the daemon.
        if [ -e "$PIDFILE" ]; then
            local PID
            PID="$(pgrep -f "$PIDFILE")"
            if test ! -z "$PID" && kill -0 "$PID" &>/dev/null; then
                if killproc -p "$PIDFILE" SIGTERM && /bin/rm -rf "$PIDFILE"; then
                    return 0
                else
                    return 2
                fi
            fi
        else
            return 1
        fi
    fi
}

case "$1" in
  start)
    log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
    do_start
    case "$?" in
        0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
        2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
    esac
    ;;
  stop)
    log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
    do_stop
    case "$?" in
        0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
        2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
    esac
    ;;
  status)
    status_of_proc "$DAEMON" "$NAME" && exit 0 || exit $?
    ;;
  restart)
    log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME"
    do_stop
    case "$?" in
      0|1)
        do_start
        case "$?" in
            0) log_end_msg 0 ;;
            1) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Old process is still running
            *) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Failed to start
        esac
        ;;
      *)
        # Failed to stop
        log_end_msg 1
        ;;
    esac
    ;;
*)
    log_action_msg "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|status|restart|force-reload}" || true
    exit 1
    ;;
esac

:

nobody@toshiba128:~$ expressvpn activate
Cannot connect to expressvpnd daemon.

It seems that the expressvpn daemon is not running. Please run "sudo service expressvpn restart" to start it.

If the problem persists, please contact us.

nobody@toshiba128:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/expressvpn restart
[FAIL] Restarting ExpressVPN service: expressvpnd failed!