Based on Lerna documentation the bootstrap command will run 4 steps.

1. npm install all external dependencies of each package.
2. Symlink together all Lerna packages that are dependencies of each other.
3. npm run prepublish in all bootstrapped packages (unless --ignore-prepublish is passed).
4. npm run prepare in all bootstrapped packages.

Source: https://github.com/lerna/lerna/tree/main/commands/bootstrap

In summary I want Lerna to skip step 1, so it would symlink and run the lifecycle events (prepublish and prepare).