[0.13.17] Factorio fails to launch on Xubuntu 16.04.1

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[0.13.17] Factorio fails to launch on Xubuntu 16.04.1

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OS: Xubuntu 16.04.1 LTS (kernel 4.4.0-34-generic)
PC specs:
CPU: i5-4690k (not overclocked)
GPU: GTX 970, 3,5+0,5GB VRAM
RAM: DDR3 8GB (clocked at 1333MHz)
Resolution: 1920x1080

When I try to run Factorio when clicking the "play" button in Steam it opens the "preparing to launch" dialog. This dialog disappears after a few seconds but the game fails to launch. The game fails to reach the point that it will actually log anything to the .factorio/factorio-current.log file

When I run the factorio executable from a terminal I get the following output:

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martijn@Martijn-Linux~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/bin/x64$ ./factorio
   0.000  Initializing Steam API.
szCmd: /bin/sh -c '"/home/martijn/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh" "steam://run/427520"' &
martijn@Martijn-Linux~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/bin/x64$ Running Steam on ubuntu 16.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
/bin/bash: /home/martijn/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5: no version information available (required by /bin/bash)
grep: symbol lookup error: grep: undefined symbol: pcre_jit_stack_alloc
awk: /home/martijn/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5: no version information available (required by /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libreadline.so.6)
grep: grepsymbol lookup error: grep: undefined symbol: pcre_jit_stack_alloc
: symbol lookup error: grep: undefined symbol: pcre_jit_stack_alloc
After the symbol lookup error the executable keeps running but does not appear to do anything.

I hope that I have included all the necessary information, but this is the first bug report I've posted so I'm afraid it might be incomplete.
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Re: [0.13.17] Factorio fails to launch on Xubuntu 16.04.1

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Thanks for the report,

Could you download the latest experimental from our website and see if you can run that?
https://www.factorio.com/download/experimental
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Re: [0.13.17] Factorio fails to launch on Xubuntu 16.04.1

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The latest experimental from the website does run correctly.
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Re: [0.13.17] Factorio fails to launch on Xubuntu 16.04.1

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It seems that is was a problem with Steam and not with Factorio. After a reboot the problem was fixed. I'm sorry that I wasted your time.
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