Did you also remove NDEBUG from the defined symbols, as described in the manual?
You seem to be compiling against 1.6.2. Is this the version of the library you intend to be compiling against? Did you add this same version to the library path (and not 1.7.0)?
It’s probably best to have only one version of Panda3D installed at any given time, to avoid the risk of cross-contamination.
David