Thanks for the quick reply.
I tried unsetting PYTHONLIBTYPE, USE_PYTHON64 and PYTHONHOME.
Now the compilation works. But when I try to run an input file, I get this error.
rrtl: severe (174): SIGSEGV, segmentation fault occurred
Image PC Routine Line Source
nwchem 0000000004B482C3 for__signal_handl Unknown Unknown
libpthread-2.17.s 00002AD912272630 Unknown Unknown Unknown
nwchem 0000000004A9C278 Unknown Unknown Unknown
nwchem 000000000493C26A ycopy_ Unknown Unknown
nwchem 000000000101CDE9 pstat_init_ Unknown Unknown
nwchem 000000000051FB43 MAIN__ Unknown Unknown
nwchem 000000000051F862 main Unknown Unknown
libc-2.17.so 00002AD912F76545 __libc_start_main Unknown Unknown
nwchem 000000000051F769 Unknown Unknown Unknown