I tried to reset proxy of the terminal by some commands but it doesn't happen and automatically switches back to this proxy 172.16.0.16 (which apparently was my college proxy).
I checked in my system settings.I don't understand why this is recurring.
Please be comprehensive.Also I further would like to know how to bypass proxy server since I couldn't access any of the ubuntu repositories as they were blocked in my college's proxy settings as is Ubuntu's homepage.
Thanks for your time.
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sudo ls /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/
It displays a different set of options where proxy is not listed.I am on 12.10,if this should help any.I put a snap of the terminal after the above command has been entered.