[plug] What are all these commands to build a kernel

[Steege, Phil E]

I see many different commands in kernel building tutorials.
Some use 'make clean', some use 'make mrproper'.
What are these used for, and when is it appropriate to use them?

I normally just use the following:

make xconfig 
make dep 
make 
make bzImage 
make modules 
make install 
make modules_install
configure LILO or GRUB