I would like to use conda as environment manager (in a Windows system) and pip as package manager.

As suggested here, using conda after pip should be avoided; moreover

Only after conda has been used to install as many packages as possible should pip be used to install any remaining software.

If (in a conda environment) I cannot use conda after pip, the only solution is to avoid installing anything with conda and start using pip from the beginning; so I created a totally empty conda environment but, when I install python, conda tries to install many additional packages:

(fem) C:UsersUP>conda install python
Retrieving notices: ...working... done
Channels:
 - defaults
Platform: win-64
Collecting package metadata (repodata.json): done
Solving environment: done

## Package Plan ##

  environment location: C:UsersUPminiconda3envsfem

  added / updated specs:
    - python


The following NEW packages will be INSTALLED:

  bzip2              pkgs/main/win-64::bzip2-1.0.8-h2bbff1b_6
  ca-certificates    pkgs/main/win-64::ca-certificates-2024.7.2-haa95532_0
  expat              pkgs/main/win-64::expat-2.6.2-hd77b12b_0
  libffi             pkgs/main/win-64::libffi-3.4.4-hd77b12b_1
  openssl            pkgs/main/win-64::openssl-3.0.14-h827c3e9_0
  pip                pkgs/main/win-64::pip-24.0-py312haa95532_0
  python             pkgs/main/win-64::python-3.12.4-h14ffc60_1
  setuptools         pkgs/main/win-64::setuptools-69.5.1-py312haa95532_0
  sqlite             pkgs/main/win-64::sqlite-3.45.3-h2bbff1b_0
  tk                 pkgs/main/win-64::tk-8.6.14-h0416ee5_0
  tzdata             pkgs/main/noarch::tzdata-2024a-h04d1e81_0
  vc                 pkgs/main/win-64::vc-14.2-h2eaa2aa_4
  vs2015_runtime     pkgs/main/win-64::vs2015_runtime-14.29.30133-h43f2093_4
  wheel              pkgs/main/win-64::wheel-0.43.0-py312haa95532_0
  xz                 pkgs/main/win-64::xz-5.4.6-h8cc25b3_1
  zlib               pkgs/main/win-64::zlib-1.2.13-h8cc25b3_1


Proceed ([y]/n)?

Is it possible to install a bare python in a conda environment (with or without conda), in order to use esclusively pip as package manager inside such conda environment?