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As for the other major powers on the European Continent, they probably wouldn't have much of a reaction to France sending troops to Tripoli.
Austria was beaten and battered in Silesia, begging France to send reinforcements.
Spain was practically family and had a secret pact with France to jointly retake Gibraltar and then unify the Iberian Peninsula. At most, a few benefits could be given, and they would stay out of it.
Russia, on the other hand, hoped that France would send troops to Tripoli. After all, the 12,000 soldiers stationed there were all Ottoman Imperial Guards. If Russia wanted to control the Black Sea, it had to completely crush the Ottoman Empire. The more Ottoman troops France could eliminate in North Africa, the fewer enemies they would face on the battlefield later.
Moreover, the Gemini Trading Company mostly ran the Mediterranean routes. France controlling another trade port in the Mediterranean would also bring more benefits to Russia.
