Using the Anaconda Prompt on a Windows 10 system:
This is the conda command that creates a new environment with only python installed while excluding
any listed packages under the create_default_packages section of user root folder\.condarc:
(base) [PS1]>conda create -n bare310 --no-default-packages python=3.10
The output (minus a few blank lines):
Collecting package metadata (current_repodata.json): done
Solving environment: done
## Package Plan ##
environment location: [PS1]\Anaconda3\envs\bare310
added / updated specs:
- python=3.10
The following packages will be downloaded:
package | build
---------------------------|-----------------
python-3.10.6 |hcf16a7b_0_cpython 16.5 MB conda-forge
setuptools-65.3.0 | pyhd8ed1ab_1 782 KB conda-forge
vc-14.2 | hb210afc_7 14 KB conda-forge
vs2015_runtime-14.29.30139 | h890b9b1_7 1.3 MB conda-forge
------------------------------------------------------------
Total: 18.6 MB
The following NEW packages will be INSTALLED:
bzip2 conda-forge/win-64::bzip2-1.0.8-h8ffe710_4
ca-certificates conda-forge/win-64::ca-certificates-2022.6.15-h5b45459_0
libffi conda-forge/win-64::libffi-3.4.2-h8ffe710_5
libsqlite conda-forge/win-64::libsqlite-3.39.2-h8ffe710_1
libzlib conda-forge/win-64::libzlib-1.2.12-h8ffe710_2
openssl conda-forge/win-64::openssl-3.0.5-h8ffe710_1
pip conda-forge/noarch::pip-22.2.2-pyhd8ed1ab_0
python conda-forge/win-64::python-3.10.6-hcf16a7b_0_cpython
setuptools conda-forge/noarch::setuptools-65.3.0-pyhd8ed1ab_1
tk conda-forge/win-64::tk-8.6.12-h8ffe710_0
tzdata conda-forge/noarch::tzdata-2022c-h191b570_0
ucrt conda-forge/win-64::ucrt-10.0.20348.0-h57928b3_0
vc conda-forge/win-64::vc-14.2-hb210afc_7
vs2015_runtime conda-forge/win-64::vs2015_runtime-14.29.30139-h890b9b1_7
wheel conda-forge/noarch::wheel-0.37.1-pyhd8ed1ab_0
xz conda-forge/win-64::xz-5.2.6-h8d14728_0