When trying to launch Audacity, I get the following error:

Audacity could not find a place to store temporary files.
Please enter an appropriate directory in the preferences dialog.

• No files or folder have been moved.


• I have purged Audacity, deleted any files, etc manually and
  re-installed

In terminal:

pst007x@pst007x-Serval-Professional:~$ audacity 



(process:16390): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::sm-connect after class was initialised



(process:16390): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::show-crash-dialog after class was initialised



(process:16390): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::display after class was initialised



(process:16390): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::default-icon after class was initialised



** (Audacity:16390): WARNING **: Owner of /tmp/orbit-pst007x is not the current user



Segmentation fault

pst007x@pst007x-Serval-Professional:~$

• I have not changed any users or added any additional users.


• All privaleges, etc are default.

Ubuntu 13.10 64bit (all updates applied)

ADDITIONAL:

I can open as gksu audacity

So it looks like privileges is an issue somewhere. I have checked all privileges and all seems ok, but clearly not....

I tried changing the Directory in Preferences to a directory in my home folder:

/home/pst007x/Music/audacity_temp/

but when starting again (not in root) same error...

Any ideas what files could be lacking privileges?

After changing the Directory, when running I get this:

pst007x@pst007x-Serval-Professional:~$ audacity 



(process:28364): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::sm-connect after class was initialised



(process:28364): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::show-crash-dialog after class was initialised



(process:28364): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::display after class was initialised



(process:28364): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::default-icon after class was initialised

Segmentation fault

pst007x@pst007x-Serval-Professional:~$ 

I checked installed files using Synaptic Package Manager, then checked permissions:

pst007x@pst007x-Serval-Professional:~$ sudo chmod -R 777 /usr

[sudo] password for pst007x: 

pst007x@pst007x-Serval-Professional:~$ audacity



(process:31026): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::sm-connect after class was initialised



(process:31026): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::show-crash-dialog after class was initialised



(process:31026): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::display after class was initialised



(process:31026): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::default-icon after class was initialised

Segmentation fault

pst007x@pst007x-Serval-Professional:~$ 

EDIT.
After the above, I rebooted and was no longer able to login. So I did a fresh install. Not a bad thing since the original install on the this system was 10.10. Working ok after fresh install.

Thank you for taking the time to post answers and suggestions..