quick fix

pennylane_lightning/lightning_kokkos/lightning_kokkos.py

@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ def get_c_interface():
         #   lib.<system>-<architecture>-<python-id>"
         # To avoid mismatching the folder name, we search for the shared object instead.
         # TODO: locate where the naming convention of the folder is decided and replicate it here.
-        editable_mode_path = package_root.parent.parent / "build_lightning_kokkos"
+        editable_mode_path = package_root.parent.parent / "build"
         for path, _, files in os.walk(editable_mode_path):
             if lib_name in files:
                 lib_location = (Path(path) / lib_name).as_posix()

setup.py

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def build_extension(self, ext: CMakeExtension):
         # Ensure that catalyst shared object is copied to the build directory for pip editable install
         if backend in ("lightning_kokkos"):
             source = os.path.join(f"{extdir}", f"lib{backend}_catalyst.so")
-            destination = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), f"build_{backend}")
+            destination = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), f"build")
             shutil.copy(source, destination)
 
 with open(os.path.join("pennylane_lightning", "core", "_version.py"), encoding="utf-8") as f: